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  • 31LOCK — the Bus (Computing » Assembly) * Saf T Lok, Inc. (delisted) (Business » NASDAQ Symbols) …

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  • 32Lock — Surnom allemand donné à celui qui a les cheveux bouclés …

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  • 33lock in — (something) to be unable to change a condition. A large percentage of these groups remain locked in poverty. The two countries are locked in a dispute over the islands off the northern coast …

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  • 34lock — A device used to seal registered mail and other valuable mail shipments and for locking surface pouches of First Class Mail …

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  • 35lock-up — ► NOUN 1) a makeshift jail. 2) Brit. non residential premises, such as a garage, that can be locked up. 3) an investment in assets which cannot readily be realized or sold on in the short term …

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  • 36lock-on — «LOK ON», noun. the action of locking on to an object by radar …

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  • 37Lock|e|an — «LOK ee uhn», adjective. of, having to do with, or characteristic of the English philosopher John Locke: »He dismisses…Lockean representative government as irrelevant to the problems of large scale industrial societies (New Yorker) …

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  • 38lock|er — «LOK uhr», noun. 1. a chest, drawer, small closet, cupboard, or other compartment that can be locked. Ships have lockers for storing equipment and supplies. 2. a refrigerated compartment for storing frozen foods. 3. a person or thing that locks …

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  • 39lock|up — «LOK UHP», noun. 1. a) a house or room for the temporary detention of persons under arrest. b) = jail. (Cf. ↑jail) 2. the act of locking up. 3. the state of being locked up …

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  • 40lock — lock1 lockless, adj. /lok/, n. 1. a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc. 2. a contrivance… …

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