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Webster 1913 Edition


Interlock

Inˊter-lock′

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

Inˊter-lock′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
My lady with her fingers
interlocked
.
Tennyson.

Definition 2024


interlock

interlock

English

Verb

interlock (third-person singular simple present interlocks, present participle interlocking, simple past and past participle interlocked)

  1. To fit together securely.
  2. To interlace.

Noun

interlock (plural interlocks)

  1. A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
    The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.