Landlocked Definition

lăndlŏkt
land-locked
adjective
Entirely or almost entirely surrounded by land, as a bay or a country.
Webster's New World
Cut off from the sea and confined to fresh water by a geographical barrier.
Landlocked salmon.
Webster's New World

Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.

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Landlocked Sentence Examples

  • The pouch-shaped, landlocked bay is spacious and easy of access.

  • It has a large number of landlocked nations without ports to access the international markets, both for imports and exports.

  • Although Manila Bay is nearly landlocked, it is so large that in times of strong winds it becomes nearly as turbulent as the open sea, and it was formerly so shallow that vessels drawing more than 16 ft.

  • The coast of Brazil is indented with a number of almost landlocked bays, forming spacious and accessible harbours.

  • Strangford Lough is an almost landlocked inlet of the sea set within a diverse lowland topography.

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LLALAN

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DEDKED

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