lock-gate

1. 1.

   a gate that can be locked

   Broadergate

Questions about lock-gate

What does lock-gate mean?

lock-gate means "a gate that can be locked".

How many syllables are in lock-gate?

lock-gate has 2 syllables and divides as lock--gate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is lock-gate a common word?

lock-gate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.