interlock
verb
• (of two or more things) engage with each other by overlapping or by the fitting together of projections and recesses.
• "their fingers interlocked"
Similar:
engage,
interconnect,
interlink,
mesh,
intermesh,
fit together,
join together,
join,
unite,
connect,
yoke,
mate,
couple,
interlock
noun
• a device or mechanism for connecting or coordinating the function of different components.
• "a safety interlock to stop the blades spinning"
• a fabric knitted with closely interlocking stitches allowing it to stretch.
• "a dress in soft interlock"
