Associations to the word «Airlock»

Wiktionary

AIRLOCK, noun. A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.

Dictionary definition

AIRLOCK, noun. A chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope