Related Words for lock

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mesh
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Noun, Verb
curl
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Verb, Noun, Verb
interlace
xx/
Verb, Noun, Verb
operate
/xx
Verb, Verb
interlock
xx/
Verb, Noun, Verb
engage
x/
Verb, Verb
whorl
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
put away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shut away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shut up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
unlock
x/
Verb, Noun
padlock
/x
Noun
latch
/
Noun
guard
/
Noun
shut
/
Verb
door
/
Noun
shackle
/x
Noun
lockup
/x
Noun
hold
/
Noun
keys
/
Noun
clamp
/
Noun
gate
/
Noun
locker
/x
Noun
screw
/
Noun
knock
/
Noun
bolt
/
Noun
lockbox
/x
Noun
open
/x
Adjective
secure
x/
Adjective
pull
/
Noun
lever
/x
Noun
vault
/
Noun
reset
x/
Noun
handcuff
/x
Noun
snap
/
Noun
sliding
/x
Verb
switch
/
Noun
master key
/x/
Phrase, Noun
shim
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Noun
button
/x
Noun
broach
/
Noun
skeleton key
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
fastener
/xx
Noun
flintlock
/x
Noun
door opener
//xx
Phrase, Noun
letter opener
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
sealer
/x
Noun
spanner
/x
Noun
haft
/
Noun
tool
/
Noun
knob
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Noun
nailing
/x
Noun
tumbler
/x
Noun
ratchet
/x
Noun
hammer
/x
Noun
crowbar
/x
Noun
fire door
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stud
/
Noun
pinch
/
Noun
jigsaw
/x
Noun
cramp
/
Noun
strike
/
Noun
cleat
/
Noun
lute
/
Noun
claw
/
Noun
chain
/
Noun
rivet
/x
Noun
fencing
/x
Noun
bayonet
/xx
Noun
sharp
/
Adjective
picket fence
/x/
Phrase, Noun
slow match
//
Phrase, Noun
socket wrench
/x/
Phrase, Noun
caps
/
Adjective
warded
/x
Adjective
num
x
Adjective
wed
/
Adjective
privacy
/xx
Adjective
jammed
/
Adjective
keyhole
/x
Noun
turning
/x
Noun
doorknob
/x
Noun
barrel
/x
Noun
heparin
/xx
Adjective
acquires
x/x
Noun
sluice
/
Noun
hair
/
Noun
snipped
/
Verb
thames
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Name
tick
/
Adjective
rusted
/x
Verb, Adjective
rusty
/x
Adjective
jiggled
/x
Verb
click
/
Noun
errant
/x
Adjective
straggling
/xx
Adjective
rim
/
Adjective
hinges
/x
Noun
fumbling
/xx
Verb
scissor
/x
Adjective
bowden
/x
Name
limber
/x
Adjective
fiddled
/x
Verb
busted
/x
Adjective
scrape
/
Noun
dam
/
Noun
musket
/x
Noun
tampered
/x
Verb
twirled
/
Verb
undid
x/
Verb
plaited
/x
Adjective
bell
/
Noun, Verb
bicycle
/xx
Noun, Verb
block
/
Noun, Verb
blockade
x/
Noun, Verb
blockage
/x
Noun
blocker
/x
Noun
box
/
Noun, Verb
braid
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
break
/
Verb, Noun
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
buckle
/x
Noun, Verb
bulkhead
/x
Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
cage
/
Noun, Verb
canal
x/
Noun, Verb
catch
/
Verb, Noun
ceiling
/x
Noun
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
closeout
/x
Noun
closure
/x
Noun
coffin
/x
Noun, Verb
comb
/
Noun, Verb
combination lock
xx/x/
Phrase, Noun
compartment
x/x
Noun, Verb
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
cotter
/x
Noun, Verb
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deadlock
/x
Noun, Verb
decommissioning
xx/xx
Noun
disengage
xx/
Verb, Noun
drawer
/
Noun
earring
/x
Noun
embargo
x/x
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
farm
/
Noun, Verb
farmhouse
/x
Noun
faucet
/x
Noun
firearm
/xx
Noun
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flush
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
foreclosure
x/x
Noun
freeze
/
Noun, Verb
fuse
/
Noun, Verb
grate
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gridlock
/x
Noun, Verb
handful
/x
Noun
hang
/
Verb, Noun
headlock
/x
Noun, Verb
holdup
/x
Noun
hook
/
Noun, Verb
impasse
x/
Noun
impound
x/
Verb, Noun
insurance
x/x
Noun
interconnect
xxx/
Noun, Verb
interdict
/xx
Noun, Verb
iron
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
labelled
/x
Adjective
loaded
/x
Adjective
lockdown
/x
Noun
locke
/
Name
locket
/x
Noun
lockout
/x
Noun
loop
/
Noun, Verb
luc
/
Verb
music
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
obstruct
x/
Verb
obstruction
x/x
Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
pin
/
Noun, Verb
pocket
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
push
/
Verb, Noun
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
refrigerator
x/xxx
Noun
ride
/
Noun, Verb
robbery
/xx
Noun
safe
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
safety
/x
Noun, Verb
scroll
/
Noun, Verb
seal
/
Noun, Verb
security
x/xx
Noun
shutdown
/x
Noun
shutoff
/x
Noun
shutter
/x
Noun, Verb
siege
/
Noun, Verb
stalemate
/x
Noun, Verb
standstill
/x
Noun
starting
/x
Noun
steering
/x
Noun
stifle
/x
Verb, Noun
stop
/
Verb, Noun
stopper
/x
Noun, Verb
strand
/
Noun, Verb
strap
/
Noun, Verb
striker
/x
Noun
string
/
Noun, Verb
stripping
/x
Noun
synchronize
/xx
Verb
tensile
/x
Adjective
throw
/
Verb, Noun
thwarting
/x
Noun
tress
/
Noun, Verb
tuft
/
Noun, Verb
unbound
x/
Adjective
wick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
wrench
/
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
aisle
/
Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
butt
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Noun, Verb