LOCKAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lockage mean? 

• LOCKAGE (noun)
  The noun LOCKAGE has 3 senses:

1. a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway

2. a system of locks in a canal or waterway

3. passage through a lock in a canal or waterway

  Familiarity information: LOCKAGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCKAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("lockage" is a kind of...):

fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A system of locks in a canal or waterway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lockage" is a kind of...):

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)

Holonyms ("lockage" is a part of...):

canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)

Derivation:

lock (build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels)

lock (pass by means through a lock in a waterway)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Passage through a lock in a canal or waterway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lockage" is a kind of...):

passage; transit (a journey usually by ship)

Derivation:

lock (pass by means through a lock in a waterway)