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Term: lock

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "lock": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. lock

lock

Definitions

Noun

  1. A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
  2. A strand or cluster of hair
  3. A mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
  4. Enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
  5. A restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
  6. Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

Verb

  1. Fasten with a lock
  2. Keep engaged
  3. Become rigid or immoveable
  4. Hold in a locking position
  5. Become engaged or intermeshed with one another
  6. Hold fast (in a certain state)
  7. Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
  8. Pass by means through a lock in a waterway
  9. Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "lock".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 block 1 66
2 o'clock 2 41
3 blocks 1 37
4 locking 2 31
5 locked 1 30
6 lock 1 24
7 clock 1 20
8 blockade 2 16
9 blocked 1 12
10 unlocked 2 12
11 deadlock 2 10
12 flock 1 10
13 interlocking 4 9
14 locker 2 9
15 clocks 1 8
16 pollock 2 8
17 locks 1 7
18 shylock 2 7
19 sherlock 2 6
20 blocking 2 3
21 clockwise 2 3
22 lockheed 2 3
23 roadblock 2 3
24 unlock 2 3
25 wheelock 2 3
26 blockading 3 2
27 flocked 1 2
28 lockup 2 2
29 padlock 2 2
30 wedlock 2 2
31 airlock 2 1
32 blockages 3 1
33 blockhouse 2 1
34 clocked 1 1
35 clocking 2 1
36 clockwork 2 1
37 flocking 2 1
38 flocks 1 1
39 lockheed's 2 1
40 padlocked 2 1
41 unlocking 3 1
42 airlocks 2 0
43 antilock 3 0
44 ashlock 2 0
45 blacklock 2 0
46 blalock 2 0
47 blaylock 2 0
48 block's 1 0
49 blockaded 3 0
50 blockader 3 0
51 blockaders 3 0
52 blockades 2 0
53 blockage 2 0
54 blockbuster 3 0
55 blockbuster's 3 0
56 blockbusters 3 0
57 blocker 2 0
58 blockers 2 0
59 blockhead 2 0
60 blockheads 2 0
61 blockhouses 3 0
62 bullock 2 0
63 bullock's 2 0
64 bullocks 2 0
65 carelock 3 0
66 carlock 2 0
67 cheslock 2 0
68 clock's 1 0
69 clocker 2 0
70 clockers 2 0
71 counterclockwise 4 0
72 deadlocked 2 0
73 deadlocks 2 0
74 deblock 2 0
75 flintlock 2 0
76 flintlocks 2 0
77 flockhart 2 0
78 garlock 2 0
79 gerlock 2 0
80 gillock 2 0
81 glock 1 0
82 glockenspiel 3 0
83 glockner 2 0
84 goldilocks 3 0
85 gridlock 2 0
86 gridlock's 2 0
87 gridlocked 2 0
88 gridlocks 2 0
89 hadlock 2 0
90 hagenlocker 4 0
91 hallock 2 0
92 hammerlock 3 0
93 havelock 2 0
94 hemlock 2 0
95 hillock 2 0
96 hurlock 2 0
97 interlock 3 0
98 interlocked 3 0
99 klock 1 0
100 klocke 1 0
101 knoblock 2 0
102 landlock 2 0
103 landlocked 2 0
104 locka 2 0
105 lockaby 3 0
106 lockamy 3 0
107 lockard 2 0
108 lockart 2 0
109 lockdown 2 0
110 locke 1 0
111 locke-ober 3 0
112 locken 2 0
113 lockerbie 3 0
114 lockerby 3 0
115 lockerman 3 0
116 lockers 2 0
117 lockert 2 0
118 locket 2 0
119 lockets 2 0
120 lockett 2 0
121 lockett's 2 0
122 lockey 2 0
123 lockhart 2 0
124 lockie 2 0
125 locklair 2 0
126 locklar 2 0
127 locklear 2 0
128 lockley 2 0
129 locklin 2 0
130 lockman 2 0
131 lockmiller 3 0
132 lockner 2 0
133 lockney 2 0
134 lockneys 2 0
135 lockout 2 0
136 lockouts 2 0
137 lockport 2 0
138 lockrem 2 0
139 lockridge 2 0
140 locksmith 2 0
141 lockstep 2 0
142 lockwood 2 0
143 lockwood's 2 0
144 lockyer 2 0
145 madlock 2 0
146 matchlock 2 0
147 matchlocks 2 0
148 matlock 2 0
149 mcglocklin 3 0
150 medlock 2 0
151 molock 2 0
152 morelock 3 0
153 morlock 2 0
154 narlock 2 0
155 niblock 2 0
156 oarlock 2 0
157 overlock 3 0
158 padlocks 2 0
159 pavlock 2 0
160 plock 1 0
161 portlock 2 0
162 roadblocks 2 0
163 schallock 2 0
164 schlock 1 0
165 scurlock 2 0
166 sealock 2 0
167 sedlock 2 0
168 shedlock 2 0
169 sherlock's 2 0
170 spurlock 2 0
171 tadlock 2 0
172 tatlock 2 0
173 trulock 2 0
174 tullock 2 0
175 ullock 2 0
176 warlock 2 0
177 warlock's 2 0
178 warlocks 2 0
179 whitelock 2 0
180 whitlock 2 0
181 willock 2 0
182 woodlock 2 0
183 zablocki 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "lock".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 block 1 66
2 clock 1 20
3 bloc 1 10
4 flock 1 10
5 floc 1 3
6 bloch 1 2
7 blok 1 0
8 glock 1 0
9 kloc 1 0
10 klock 1 0
11 klocke 1 0
12 laack 1 0
13 laake 1 0
14 loch 1 0
15 locke 1 0
16 lok 1 0
17 ploch 1 0
18 plock 1 0
19 schlock 1 0
20 vlok 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "lock".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 block 1 66
2 clock 1 20
3 flock 1 10
4 locks 1 7
5 unlock 2 3
6 lockup 2 2
7 plock 1 0
8 louck 1 0
9 locke 1 0
10 locka 2 0
11 klock 1 0
12 glock 1 0
13 lok 1 0
14 ullock 2 0
15 plocek 2 0
16 molock 2 0
17 lovick 2 0
18 loucks 1 0
19 lorick 2 0
20 lockie 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "lock" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "lock" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "lock" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 found 1 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "lock".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 lack 1 110
2 luck 1 47
3 lick 1 3
4 leck 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 15

Fragments: 183

Sound Alikes: 20

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 4

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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