INTERLOCKING
Dictionary entry overview: What does interlocking mean?
• INTERLOCKING (noun)
The noun INTERLOCKING has 2 senses:
1. contact by fitting together
2. the act of interlocking or meshing
Familiarity information: INTERLOCKING used as a noun is rare.
• INTERLOCKING (adjective)
The adjective INTERLOCKING has 1 sense:
1. linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
Familiarity information: INTERLOCKING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTERLOCKING (noun)
Meaning:
Contact by fitting together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
meshing; interlocking; mesh; engagement
Context examples:
the engagement of the clutch / the meshing of gears
Hypernyms ("interlocking" is a kind of...):
contact; impinging; striking (the physical coming together of two or more things)
Meaning:
The act of interlocking or meshing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
interlock; interlocking; meshing; mesh
Context example:
an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check
Hypernyms ("interlocking" is a kind of...):
catch; grab; snap; snatch (the act of catching an object with the hands)
• INTERLOCKING (adjective)
Meaning:
Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
Synonyms:
interlacing; interlinking; interlocking; interwoven
Similar:
complex (complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts)
