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LOCK CHAMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lock chamber mean? 

LOCK CHAMBER (noun)
  The noun LOCK CHAMBER has 1 sense:

1. enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through itplay

  Familiarity information: LOCK CHAMBER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOCK CHAMBER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lock; lock chamber

Hypernyms ("lock chamber" is a kind of...):

enclosure (a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose)

Holonyms ("lock chamber" is a part of...):

canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)


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