mortise lock

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a lock that is fitted inside a hole cut into the edge of a door, not one that is screwed into the surface of one side

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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mortise lockEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary mortise lockEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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mortise lock