lock's

Of the bolt

Lock's is the possessive form of lock, indicating ownership or association.

A lock's mechanism, a lock's key, a lock's tumblers.

Also used for locks of hair: The lock's golden color caught the light.

Can serve as a contraction of "lock is" or "lock has" in casual speech: The lock's broken, The lock's been changed.

security

door

Hinged room barrier

bolt · latch · keyhole · cylinder · tumbler · master · picking · safe · gate · chain

hair

curl

Spiral or loop form

braid · wave · golden · flowing · wisp · coil · tendril · plait · forelock · mane

canal

gate

Hinged barrier in fence

dam · barge · boat · levee · sluice · navigation · towpath · weir · basin · Panama

wrestling

hold

Maintain in grasp

  • gripSecure manual hold
  • grappleSeize and fight closely
  • armlockRestraint immobilizing the limb

headlock · submission · clinch · chokehold · wristlock · leglock · pin · restraint · takedown · hammerlock

computing

file

Stored collection of data

password · encryption · screen · device · security · synchronization · deadlock · readonly · permission · authentication

Opposites
security/access control

lock'skey's

Possessive of opener

fastening/binding

lock'sfreedom's

Belonging to liberation

Phrases
Family

lock, locked, unlock, locks, locker, locket, padlock, unlocked, locking

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G