landlocked

adj
/ˈlændlɑkt/US/ˈlændlɒkt/UK

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. 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. Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.

  3. Of a property or parcel, surrounded by other property and having no access to a public…

    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...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at landlocked. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at landlocked. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at landlocked

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA