intertongue

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verb

To interlock.

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Meanings

verbintertongue (third-person singular simple present intertongues, present participle intertonguing, simple past and past participle intertongued)

present singular third person intertongues · participle present intertonguing · participle past intertongued · past intertongued

  1. geographyTo interlock.

    North of Jack Creek, where the Chappo Member intertongues with the Hoback Formation, the Hoback thickens to 2,000 m.

    1977, John Adam Dorr, Deformation and Deposition Between a Foreland Uplift and an Impinging Thrust Belt: Hoback Basin, Wyoming
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    The gently undulating interstream timbered lands border the shallow valleys and intertongue irregularly with the prairie lands.

    1916, Lloyd William Stephenson, Geology and ground waters of northeastern Arkansas, page 149

Origin

From inter- + tongue.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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