interlocking

1. 1.

   linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

   Synonymsinterlacinginterlinkinginterwoven

   Similarcomplex

Other forms of interlocking

plural

interlockings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about interlocking

What does interlocking mean?

interlocking means "contact by fitting together". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in interlocking?

interlocking has 4 syllables: in-ter-loc-king. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪntɚˌlɑkɪŋ/.

What is another word for interlocking?

Close synonyms include engagement, mesh, meshing, mesh, meshing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is interlocking a common word?

interlocking is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with interlocking?

1 word rhymes with interlocking. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.