GDict
de
Englishen中文zh日本語jaFrançaisfrDeutschdeEspañoles

interlock

.intә'lɒk5 senses · 228 ms
Level C2GRE
local copy0 msLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0Wiktionary contributors
verb/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlɒk/
  1. 1

    To fit or clasp together securely.ambitransitive

  2. 2

    To interlace.

noun/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlɒk//ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌlɒk/
  1. 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.

Nearby entries