landlocked

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈlændlɑkt/
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/ˈlændlɑkt/ · /ˈlændlɒkt/

Definition of landlocked

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of a country, region, etc., surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
    “Switzerland is landlocked and obviously will never be a great sea power and must always trade overland.”
    “Located in Kowloon, with an area of 9.36 km², Wong Tai Sin is the only district in Hong Kong that is totally landlocked. It has a population of 420,183 (2011) and a high density of 44.891/km².”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of a country, region, etc., surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
    “Switzerland is landlocked and obviously will never be a great sea power and must always trade overland.”
    “Located in Kowloon, with an area of 9.36 km², Wong Tai Sin is the only district in Hong Kong that is totally landlocked. It has a population of 420,183 (2011) and a high density of 44.891/km².”
  2. (not-comparable)Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.
  3. (US, not-comparable)Of a property or parcel, surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
    “An easement of necessity, said the court, may be provided when property is landlocked and the owner needs access to that property from a public highway.”
    “In some states, the law allows for easements by necessity, especially in circumstances where a property is landlocked.”
    “For example, if a property is landlocked (entirely surrounded by other privately owned land) and has no access to a public street...”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From land + locked (i.e. "locked-in by land on all sides").

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