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Meaning of "lockful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOCKFUL

lockful  [ˈlɒkfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOCKFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lockful is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOCKFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lockful in the English dictionary

The definition of lockful in the dictionary is a sufficient amount to fill a canal lock.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOCKFUL


bookful
ˈbʊkfʊl
cheekful
ˈtʃiːkfʊl
dislikeful
dɪsˈlaɪkfʊl
forkful
ˈfɔːkfʊl
friskful
ˈfrɪskfʊl
pokeful
ˈpəʊkfʊl
rackful
ˈrækfʊl
rebukeful
rɪˈbjuːkfʊl
riskful
ˈrɪskfʊl
sackful
ˈsækfʊl
stickful
ˈstɪkfʊl
tankful
ˈtæŋkfʊl
thankful
ˈθæŋkfʊl
truckful
ˈtrʌkfʊl
trunkful
ˈtrʌŋkfʊl
unthankful
ʌnˈθæŋkfʊl
wakeful
ˈweɪkfʊl
wrackful
ˈrækfʊl
wreakful
ˈriːkfʊl
wreckful
ˈrɛkfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOCKFUL

locked
locked in
locked-in syndrome
locker
locker room
locker-room
Lockerbie
locket
lockfast
lockhouse
locking
lockjaw
lockmaker
lockman
locknut
lockout
lockram
locks
lockset

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOCKFUL

awful
beautiful
careful
colorful
delightful
faithful
grateful
handful
harmful
helpful
hopeful
meaningful
painful
peaceful
playful
powerful
prankful
successful
useful
wonderful

Synonyms and antonyms of lockful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lockful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOCKFUL

Find out the translation of lockful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lockful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lockful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lockful
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lockful
570 millions of speakers

English

lockful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lockful
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lockful
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lockful
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lockful
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lockful
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lockful
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terkunci
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lockful
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lockful
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lockful
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngunci
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lockful
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lockful
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॉकबल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lockful
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lockful
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lockful
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lockful
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lockful
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lockful
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lockful
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lockful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lockful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lockful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOCKFUL»

The term «lockful» is used very little and occupies the 159.701 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOCKFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lockful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lockful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lockful

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOCKFUL»

Discover the use of lockful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lockful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the General ...
A boat will draw out of the basin, 4 in ascending, 1 lockful, if it find the lock, • K ." ( in descending, 1 lockful, , .J C in ascending, 1 lockful, ' < in descending, none. Average at each end of the summit level, I of a lockful, or for each boat passing the ...
Virginia. Board of Public Works, 1829
2
Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, enginework, ...
It must be observed that we can never have above a lockful, more or less, in an interval, unless several boats remain in them together, which should be avoided when they are small ; further, when the contiguous locks are distant from the ...
D. Appleton and Company, 1869
3
Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine work, ...
It must be observed that we can never have above a lockful, more or less, in an interval, unless several boats remain in them together, which should be avoided when they are small ; further, when the contiguous locks are distant from the ...
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1866. D. Appleton & co.), 1858
4
Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, ...
It must be observed that we can never have above a lockful, more or less, in an interval, unless several boats remain in them together, which should be avoided when they are small ; further, when the contiguous locks are distant from the ...
Oliver Byrne, 1851
5
Historical sketches of the ten miles square forming the ...
Hovever in order to provide for contingencies and unforeseen cases, \ve adopt one lockful and a half for the passage of each boat through the Summit Level. One lockful and a half containing 623 cubic yards, the 3,600 boats passing during ...
Jonathan Elliot, 1830
6
Message from the President of the United States: ...
One lockful and a half 1 containing 69..S cubic yards, the 3,600 boats passing. during one month, will require 9..242,800' cubic yards or water,' which. being taken out of the monthly"snpply, amounting to 4,478,000 cubic. yards. will leave ...
United States. War Dept, 1826
7
REPORT IN REFERENCE TO THE CANAL TO CONNECT THE CHESAPEAKE ...
two lockfuls for an alternate passage, or one lockful for each boat, and is the least quantity which can be exhausted per boat under the most favorable circumstances. 77. One boat making the passage would consume no more. On arriving vat a ...
COLONEL J.J. ABERT, 1874
8
Congressional edition
Suppose a boat on the level R and one on the level T present themselves respectively at the locks A and B, both locks being empty; they enter the locks which are then filled, and both pass into the summit- level; thus far a prism of lift ( or lockful) ...
United States. Congress, 1856
9
House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: ...
The first ship passing to tbe westward will find the Atlantic locks empty, they having been so lelt by the last ship passing eastward, and at each of these twelve locks she will require one lockful of water, which must, of course, be drawn from the ...
United States. Congress. House, 1876
10
Report of the Canal Commissioners with Accompanying Documents
The number of boats that may pass in a given time, is evidently greater upon the first supposition than upon the last; but because in that case each boat requires only halfvt lockful; whereas, in the other, a complete lockful is necessary, the ...
Pennsylvania. Board of Canal Commissioners, 1827

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