Interlock

What do we mean by interlock?

To unite or join closely as by hooking or dovetailing. intransitive verb

To connect together (parts of a mechanism, for example) so that the individual parts affect each other in motion or operation. intransitive verb

To become united or joined closely, as by hooking or dovetailing. intransitive verb

A mechanical device that prevents a component from functioning when another component is functioning or situated in a particular way. noun

A stretchy fabric knitted with interlocking stitches by alternating sets of needles on a circular knitting machine. noun

To be locked together; mutually engage, clasp, or cling: embrace: as, the interlocking boughs of a wood.

To lock or clasp together; lock or hitch one in another: as, cattle sometimes interlock their horns.

In geography, to be involved together: specifically applied to the headwaters of two different drainage systems which dovetail together yet flow in opposite courses.

To cross-lock or lock in combination; lock so that unlocking can be effected only under certain conditions, or after certain other motions have previously been made.

To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly. intransitive verb

To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening. transitive verb

To connect together so that the parts work together as a coordinated unit; to connect as a single system. transitive verb

To fit together securely. verb

To interlace. verb

A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions. noun

A device that prevents an automotive engine from starting noun

Become engaged or intermeshed with one another verb

The act of interlocking or meshing noun

Hold in a locking position verb

Coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively verb

A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.

Words that are spelled similarly to interlock:
interlock, interlace, interlink, interlope, interwork, intershock, interlocks, underlock, interpack, interlocal.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word interlock:
breathalyzer, dui, cyberpunk, inadvertent, ignition, kiln, interlocking, mechanically, device, breath, alcohol, pedal, belts, drunk, overlap, strokes, devices, brake, switch, drift, ambient, puzzle, indicator, discrete, locked, protocol, jaw, generator, lock, repeat, bullet, door, prevent, gill, button, vehicle, underwater, fabric, drag, pressed, kit, installed, monitor, driving, prevented, convicted, conviction, installation, airborne, doors, driver, offense, blocks, safety, logic, monitoring, measuring, require, mechanism, delay, radiation, hands, requires, license, magnetic, ron, forming, continuous, drum, hero, ensure, increases, electrical, key, mechanical, swimming, system, unless, measure, machines, systems, instrument, cars, motor, machine, transmission, cannot, creating, allow, equipped, flat, option, models, attached, passenger, user, safe, pressure, standard, frame.

Words that rhyme with interlock:
stock, block, rock, talk, lock, clock, walk, cock, shock, hawk, mock, dock, flock, stalk, balk, ad hoc, hoc, hock, knock, chalk, bloc, toque, sock, doc, deadlock, hemlock, livestock, gawk, peacock, bedrock, chock, roc, smock, bach, jock, squawk, mach, crock, iraq, wok, baulk, brock, caulk, catwalk, ad-hoc, frock, poppycock, mohawk, gridlock, crosstalk, tock, roadblock, nock, wedlock, unlock, sidewalk, loch, matlock, shamrock, crosswalk, schlock, tomahawk, calk, glock, bok, aftershock, jaywalk, locke, medoc, nighthawk, antioch, havelock, jacques, bock, bokeh, lok, padlock, woodcock, manioc, croc, pock, boardwalk, oarlock, feedstock, airlock, floc, gamecock, small talk, goshawk, hollyhock, laughingstock, spock, shylock, och, falk, sherlock, salk, hancock, bangkok, bloch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe interlock:
mechanical, aggregate, electrical, secondary, direct, positive, indirect, electric, private, open, key, dental, simple, strategic, corporate, tight, institutional, double, effective, financial, complex, primary, mnemonic, depressive, automatic, deep, better, additional, metabolic, close, neutral, vertical, hydraulic, longer, european, ocean, granular, male, competitive, tragic, adjacent, horizontal, joint, structural, emotional, test, remote, dynamic, electronic, frictional, shear, swedish, focus, explanatory, persecutional, complicated, type, corresponding, protective.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective interlock:
fingers, system, sound, switch, valve.

Consonant match to interlock:
antilock, interlake, antolik.

Words that sound like interlock:
interlock, interlake, interlocked, interlocks, interlink, interlay, antilock, intrigue, interlace, interlocking, interleave, entric, inlock, enlock, entrick, on track, antilog, intellect, intro, entirely, unlock, interact, interlude, intake, underlie, intra, intellects, interlope, cinder block, underlay, cinderblock, interplay, interlinked, air lock, intersec, intirely, inter alia, in truth, innerly, interlaken, wunderlich, winterly, interline, intro-, endlich, interleukin, indie rock, intech, in luck, entracte, intec, intra-, endermic, in-tray, instroke, intervallic, entourage, amtrak, antioch, amtrack, waterlog, oarlock, amtrac, anderlecht, andric, airlock, intarsia, entry, intel, indirect, centric, entrap, indra, flintlock, entropic, indri, indic, intaglio, enteric, inner light, in turn, integ, in stock, eroc, entro, in shock, enterally, intal, entrar, enric, in work, entire leaf, indec, indyk, intar, airlike, entelea, enterline, ettrick, induc.