Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Entirely or almost entirely surrounded by land: a landlocked country.
- adj. Confined to inland waters, as certain salmon.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Almost shut in by land; protected by surrounding land from the full force of the wind and waves: as, a landlocked harbor.
- Living in landlocked waters, or in any way shut off from the sea: as, a landlocked salmon.
Wiktionary
- adj. of a country, etc. Surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
- adj. Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land; having no border on the sea.
- adj. (Zoöl.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land
Etymologies
- land + locked (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Pakistan is a key supply route for fuel, military vehicles, spare parts, clothing and other non-lethal supplies for foreign troops in landlocked Afghanistan.”
The Huffington Post: Pakistan To Reopen Border Crossing That NATO Uses
“Some 80 percent of non-lethal supplies for foreign forces fighting in landlocked Afghanistan are transported over Pakistani soil after being unloaded at docks in Karachi, a port city in the south.”
The Huffington Post: Pakistan Cuts NATO Supply Line In Apparent Retaliation For Killed Troops
“Around 80 percent of the fuel, spare parts, clothing and other non-lethal supplies for foreign forces in landlocked Afghanistan travels through Pakistan after arriving in the southern Arabian sea port of Karachi.”
The Huffington Post: NATO Oil Tankers Attacked By Suspect Pakistani Militants
“Could the story have the same power if set in landlocked Iowa or New York City streets?”
“Of course, my general tendency during these moments is to immediately share the moment- to let someone else live vicariously through me, which usually includes calling the landlocked parental units, who allow me to spill my excitement without getting too annoyed.”
“Physically, the Entire is a 'landlocked' universe.”
“Higher consumer prices, a more "landlocked" economy, further trade isolation.”
“( 'Used to,' because the Boeing and the Airbus long ago replaced the steamship; nobody needs a seaport to fulfill escapist fantasies, and 'landlocked' scarcely survives as a category.)”
“Auto Lamp is a kind of landlocked lighthouse in the form of an interior-lit 1996”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘landlocked’.
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land phrases/words
how land is used
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AFET - diplomacy
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Just 'cause I like 'em, L
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colin's Words
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vinyl's Words
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Dain's Words
rabble, terminus, archaic, atavism, demiurge, waylay, syzygy, jocoserious, quark, entropy, cinnabar, shamble and 912 more...
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nfrank's Words
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amsstory's list
pretentious, delectable, egomaniacal, lionize, titillate, nebulous, obfuscation, ostentatious, wry, precipice, ethereal, echo and 150 more...
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peacoat's Words
pulchritudinous, veracity, glossolalia, timorous, defenestration, gerrymander, pleonasm, olive, nostalgia, compassion, labor, halt and 29 more...
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Real Estate Law
The area I'm employed in - not as an attorney but a civil servant working as the clerk of a county assessment appeals board.
joint tenant, interspousal, abutting, fee simple, inter vivos trust, grantee, hold harmless, laches, leasehold estate, right of survivor..., life estate, mechanic's lien and 86 more...
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