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Interlock   /ˌɪntərlˈɑk/   Listen
Interlock

noun
1.
A device that prevents an automotive engine from starting.  Synonym: ignition interlock.
2.
The act of interlocking or meshing.  Synonyms: interlocking, mesh, meshing.






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"Interlock" Quotes from Famous Books



... the one village street that meanders circuitously down the sharp descent was thronged with men, horses, and vehicles in dire confusion. Half-way up the hill, in front of the church, some drivers had managed to interlock the wheels of their guns, and all the oaths and blows of the artillerymen were unavailing to get them forward. Further down, near the woolen mill, where the Emmane tumbles noisily over the dam, the road was ...
— The Downfall • Emile Zola

... awed in the presence of such overwhelming beauty. Nowhere else does the rhododendron attain such size or luxuriance. There it produces a tall trunk, and towers among the trees; it spreads its branches far and wide until they interlock and form almost impenetrable thickets locally called "hells" where pioneer explorers wandered, lost themselves and perished; it glorifies the loneliest mountain road with superb bouquets of its delicate flowers set among dark, glossy foliage scarcely less attractive. The mountain ...
— Wild Flowers Worth Knowing • Neltje Blanchan et al

... respites that are obtained through the arts. When into our eyes penetrate the divine proportions of lines and colors, or into the voluptuous windings of the sonorous ear-shell the lovely, varied play of accords which combine and interlock in obedience to the laws of harmonious numbers, peace takes possession of us and joy inundates our souls. But that is a radiance which comes from outside; one would say from a sun, the distant fires of which hold us in suspense ...
— Pierre and Luce • Romain Rolland



Words linked to "Interlock" :   snap, device, squeeze, snatch, bosom, embrace, catch, coordinate, organise, grab, organize, hold, hug, take hold



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