Lock and Piece

Lock

Lock noun - One that is certain to succeed.

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Piece and lock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Piece" instead a noun "Lock".

Nearby Words: locked, lockup, locker, locket, lockout

Piece noun - A broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete.

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Lock and piece are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lock" instead a noun "Piece".

Nearby Words: pieced, piecework, piecing

old	old lock	old piece
good	good lock	good piece
musical	musical lock	musical piece
special	special lock	special piece
Other adjectives: long, similar, solid, single, simple, sharp, heavy, actual, large, big, huge, slow, little, dark, key, new, given, final, extra, different.

As of 2014, resulting from Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm and the edict therein, the lock-out has been broken due to moving nearly every piece of media ever released for Star Wars into an Alternate Continuity.

Source: Continuity Lock-Out
Its "firm drop"note a type of hard drop in which the piece drops, but doesn't lock, allowing you to still move the piece.

Source: Difficult but Awesome
They lock their box of jewels with a combination lock, then put a piece of paper on the back of the box telling where to find the combination.

Source: Idiot Ball / Literature

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