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DEAD LOCK

Specialty Definition: DEAD LOCK

Domain	Definition
Literature	Dead Lock A lock which has no spring catch. Metaphorically, a state of things so entangled that there seems to be no practical solution. "Things are at a dead-lock." - The Times. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: DEAD LOCK

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Cessation	Dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado; blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop; end; death.
Quiescence	Pause, lull; (cessation); stand still; standing still; Verb: lock; dead lock, dead stop, dead stand; full stop; fix; embargo.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: DEAD LOCK

Domain	Title
Consumer Goods	Porter-Cable 51099 Dead Bolt Installation Kit (1-1/2" Boring Bit, 1-1/2" I.D. Bushing, Dead Lock Locator) (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DEAD LOCK

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
dead lock	12
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Modern Translation: DEAD LOCK

Language		Translations for "DEAD LOCK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		σταμάτημα (halt, parking, stand, stay, stop, stoppage), πλήρεσ αδιέξοδο. (various references)

Pig Latin		eadday ocklay

Ukrainian		тупик (blind, blind alley, blind side, cul de sac, dock, impasse, no go, no-thoroughfare, stalemate), мертва точка (blind path, dead-spot), затор (congestion, gorge, hold up, jam, jamming, lock, stopping), зайти в тупик, повне припинення дій. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: DEAD LOCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: deadlock.
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-k-l-o"
	-1 letter: cladode, cloaked.
	-2 letters: calked, coaled, coddle, colead, docked, lacked, loaded, locked.
	-3 letters: acold, addle, caked, clade, cloak, coded, coked, coled, decal, dedal, dolce, doled, laced, laded, laked.
	-4 letters: aced, alec, aloe, cade, cake, calk, calo, clad, clod, coal, coda, code, coed, coke, cola, cold, cole, dace, dado, dale, dead, deal, deck, deco, dock, dole.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-e-k-l-o"
	+1 letter: blockaded, deadlocks, dreadlock, padlocked.
	+2 letters: deadlocked, dreadlocks, landlocked.
	+3 letters: deadlocking, roadblocked.
	+4 letters: acknowledged.
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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Bibliography

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