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Locking

🔄 Synonyms of "Locking"

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Word	Definition
lockupnoun	(slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Locking"

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Word	Definition
lockupnoun	(slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
interlocknoun	(ambitransitive) To fit or clasp together securely.
latchnoun	A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
latchingnoun	That latches.
lock-upnoun	Alternative form of lockup. [(slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.]
lock-downnoun	Alternative form of lockdown. [The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.]
lock-outnoun	Alternative spelling of lockout. [(labour) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.]
gatingnoun	The selective regulation or restriction of access to something.
sealingnoun	Used for closing securely.
hangverb	(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
siegenoun	(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
blockadenoun	The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
gridlocknoun	(road transport) A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
lock-innoun	(law) A situation in which members of an industry have agreed to adopt a certain standard and have retooled their production to meet this standard, thus making it very costly to change to a different standard.
armoured	Possessing, wearing, or fitted out with armour.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
crashingnoun	The sound or action of something that crashes.
crashnoun	A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
interlockingnoun	(rail transport) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.
mountnoun	A hill or mountain.