Self-locking

Definition: Self-locking

Self-locking

Adjective

1. Locking automatically when closed.

Crosswords: Self-locking

Specialty definitions using "self-locking": rat belt. (references)

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	Figure 27. Mill bottle invented by Dr. Hugh R. Mill of the Scottish Marine Station in 1884. This bottle was modified from the design of the Meyer bottle and fitted with a rubber disc to enhance its water-tightness. It also was fitte d with an automatic closing device and became known as the Mill self-locking water bottle. Left: descending. Right: ascending.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
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"Self-locking" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Self-locking" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	80%	4	175,879
Noun (singular)	20%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	5	N/A

Language		Translations for "self-locking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		自动上�"�. (various references)

Danish		selvlåsende åg (cow trap, feeding yoke, guillotine yoke, neck yoke, rigid neck yoke, self-locking cattle, stanchion, yoke), bøjlestangsbindsel (cow trap, feeding yoke, guillotine yoke, neck yoke, rigid neck yoke, self-locking cattle, stanchion, yoke). (various references)

Dutch		stalbokje (cow trap, feeding yoke, guillotine yoke, neck yoke, rigid neck yoke, self-locking cattle, stanchion, yoke), nekbeugel (cow trap, feeding yoke, guillotine yoke, neck yoke, rigid neck yoke, self-locking cattle, stanchion, yoke). (various references)

French		scellement � auto-verrouillage (self-locking seal), cornadis (self-locking cattle). (various references)

German		von selbst schließend, von selbst einrastend. (various references)

Greek		μεταλλικό περιλαίμιο (cow trap, feeding yoke, guillotine yoke, neck yoke, rigid neck yoke, self-locking cattle, stanchion, yoke). (various references)

Italian		trappola (cow trap, feeding yoke, fish trap, gin, guillotine yoke, impurity trap, jaw trap, neck yoke, net, pitfall, rigid neck yoke, self-locking cattle, snare, stanchion, trap, trap net, trapping center, trapping centre, yoke), giogaia metallica (cow trap, feeding yoke, guillotine yoke, neck yoke, rigid neck yoke, self-locking cattle, stanchion, yoke). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		オートマチック車 (autoload, auto-manipulator, automat, automatic camera for detecting and recording speeding vehicles, automatic repeat, automatic return, automatic reverse, automatic transmission car, automation, automaton, automobile, autoracing, auto-raise, awning, ball hit over the head of an outfielder, convertible, eau de toilette, exaggeration, exceeding, going beyond, hors d'oeuvre, oatmeal, OB, ode, old boy, open, open account, open caption, open course, open game, open golf, open sandwich, open side, open system, open toaster, open-air, open-end mortgage, opener, opening, opening game, opening number, orb, orbiter, ornament, out-of-bounds, oven, oven toaster, over, over doctor, over fence, over par, overaction, overall, overblouse, overbooking, overborrowing, overcharge, overcoat, overdraft, overdrive, overdub, overflow, overhand, overhand pass, overhand throw, overhang, overhaul, overhaul net, overhead, overhead pass, overhead projector, overheat, overkill, overlap, overlay, overload, overloading, overloan, overnight, overnight bag, overnight photo service, overpace, overpresence, overproof, override, overrun, overshoes, overskill, overslide, overstep, overtime, overture, overweight, overwork, overwrite, overzone, owner, owner system, owner-driver, owner-pilot, water of life). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		オートロック . (various references)

Korean		자동 폐쇄. (various references)

Pig Latin		elf-lockingsay

Portuguese		colar americano (cow trap, feeding yoke, guillotine yoke, neck yoke, rigid neck yoke, self-locking cattle, stanchion, yoke). (various references)

Russian		с автоблокировкой. (various references)

Spanish		de cierre automático (self-closing). (various references)

Ukranian		з автоматичним блокуванням. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-f-g-i-k-l-l-n-o-s"
	-2 letters: flockings.
	-3 letters: elflocks, flecking, flocking, lifelong, songlike.
	-4 letters: celling, cineols, closing, cognise, coignes, collies, collins, elflock, eloigns, felling, folkies, follies, inclose, legions, lingoes, locking, longies, nickels, nickles, niellos, olefins, selfing, selling, socking, sonlike.
	-5 letters: cellos, cineol, clines, clings, clinks, clones, clonks, coigne, coigns, coking, colies, colins, collie, conges, conies, cosign, cosine, eikons, elfins, eloign.
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