landlocked

[land-lokt]

adjective

shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay.
having no direct access to the sea: a landlocked country.
living in waters shut off from the sea, as some fish.

Origin of landlocked

First recorded in 1615–25; land + lock¹ + -ed²

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Examples from the Web for landlocked

Contemporary Examples of landlocked

Flat, forested, and landlocked between Poland, Ukraine and Russia, it had never truly known national autonomy.
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An armada of sand crabs hefting a landlocked ship on their backs.
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May 18, 2011
The name of the landlocked central Asian republic doesn't roll off the tongue.
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Historical Examples of landlocked

Trout by nature, and landlocked salmon by artificial planting.
Days Off
Henry Van Dyke
Our hearts may be like some landlocked lake that knows no tide.
Expositions of Holy Scripture
Alexander Maclaren
John Denny said they were all onannaniche or landlocked salmon.
Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland
John Rogers
Unless we have reached the mainland, this must be a landlocked bay.
The Island of Yellow Sands
E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
This caldron-like, or landlocked sea, is evidently the Irish sea.
Phallic Miscellanies
Hargrave Jennings

British Dictionary definitions for landlocked

landlocked

adjective

(of a country) completely surrounded by land
(esp of lakes) completely or almost completely surrounded by land
(esp of certain salmon) living in fresh water that is permanently isolated from the sea

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Word Origin and History for landlocked

adj.

1620s, from land (n.) + past participle of lock (v.).