landlocked

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   surrounded by land or cut off from the open sea

   The expedition reached a landlocked harbor enclosed by steep hills.

2. 2
   adj

   having no coastline or direct access to the sea

   Bolivia is a landlocked country in South America.

3. 3
   adj

   surrounded by other property and lacking direct access to a public road

   The landlocked parcel could be reached only through a legal easement.

Formed from land + locked, literally "locked in by land." It was first applied to waters or places enclosed by land and later to countries without a seacoast and properties without road access.

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