counterlock

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noun

A feature of dies that prevents lateral die shifting caused by the side thrust.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nouncounterlock (plural counterlocks)

plural counterlocks

  1. A feature of dies that prevents lateral die shifting caused by the side thrust.
verbcounterlock (third-person singular simple present counterlocks, present participle counterlocking, simple past and past participle counterlocked)

present singular third person counterlocks · participle present counterlocking · participle past counterlocked · past counterlocked

  1. transitiveTo lock again with a second key, for added security.

    The bookmaker passed across the hall, joined on his way by the manager whose duty it was to counterlock the safe, and disappeared along one of the passages.

    1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
Cite this entry
APA

counterlock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterlock

MLA

“counterlock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterlock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterlock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterlock.

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