landlocked

adjective

land·​locked ˈland-ˌläkt 

1

: enclosed or nearly enclosed by land

a landlocked country

2

: confined to fresh water by some barrier

landlocked salmon

3

: living or located away from the ocean

a landlocked sailor

Examples of landlocked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The two of them and others, who would soon grow to number more than a dozen, began living in box trucks parked on the premises — a sort of landlocked version of the Rat Fleet. —Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025

The landlocked exclave is bordered by Armenia, Iran and Turkey. —Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025

Mongolia is landlocked and uranium exports rely not only on your government retaining good relations with your two neighbours, Russia and China, but also France doing so. —Charlie Campbell, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025

Pakistan also tightened trade restrictions on landlocked Afghanistan to pressure the Taliban. —Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for landlocked

• overstocked
• balked
• blocked
• chalked
• clocked
• cocked
• docked
• flocked
• hawked
• knocked
• locked
• mocked

Kids Definition

landlocked

adjective

land·​locked -(d)läkt 

1

: enclosed or nearly enclosed by land

a landlocked country

2

: kept from leaving fresh water by some barrier

landlocked salmon