Common meanings
* Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance * Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canalArts and entertainment
* ''Lock'' (film), a 2016 Indian Punjabi-language film * Lock (waltz), a dance figure * ''The Lock'' (Constable), an 1824 painting by John Constable * ''The Lock'' (Fragonard) or ''The Bolt'', a 1777 painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard * Lock (''Saga of the Skolian Empire''), a sentient machine in the novels by Catherine Asaro * ''Locks'' (album), by Garnet Crow, 2008 * ''Locked'' (film), a 2024 American thriller * ''Locked'' (miniseries), a 2020 Indian Telugu-language crime thriller *"Locked", a song by Mutha's Day Out from ''My Soul Is Wet'' (1993) * "Locked" (Incorrectly labeled “Gravity” in some places), a song by DJ3no made for the video game “ Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy” (2011) *Fictional characters
* Lock, from '' The Nightmare Before Christmas'' * Lock, from '' Go! Princess PreCure''People
* Lock (surname) * Ormer Locklear (1891–1920), American stunt pilot and film actor nicknamed "Lock" * Lock Martin (1916–1959), stage name of American actor Joseph Lockard Martin, Jr. * George Locks (1889–1965), English cricketerPlaces
* Lock, Ohio, an unincorporated community in the United States * Lock, South Australia, a small town in the center of the Eyre Peninsula * Lock Island, an island in the River Thames in England * Lock Island (Nunavut), an island Peel Sound in Nunavut, CanadaSports
* Lock (rugby league), a player position in rugby league, known as loose forward in the United Kingdom *Technology
Computing
* Lock (computer science), a bookkeeping object used to serialize concurrent access * Lock (database), a feature used when multiple users access a database concurrently * File locking, describes a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file *Other technologies
* Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance * Lock (firearm), the ignition mechanism of small arms * Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal * Lock (weapons guidance), missile navigation system's target acquisition fix * Fermentation lock, a device in beer and wine making that allows carbon dioxide to escape while not allowing air to enter * Rope lock, a device used in theater fly systems * Airlock, a compartment for transfer between environments with different atmospheres *Other uses
* Lock of hair, a piece of hair * Dreadlocks, or locks, rope-like strands of hair formed by locking or braidingSee also
* * * Loc (disambiguation) * Lok (disambiguation) * -lock, an Old English suffix *