interlocking
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
contact by fitting together
the engagement of the clutch
Types & categories
- striking hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing
Related & opposite
- complex similar to
Sense 3 noun
the act of interlocking or meshing
an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check
Types & categories
- snap hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | engage |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mesh |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | striking |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | complex |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interlock |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mesh |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interlock |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interlock |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | snap |