loc

UK /ləʊk/ US /loʊk/

noun 10verb 2name 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, firm, nearby

We found a firm loc alternative to the expensive downtown restaurant.

LOC + NOUN

district

The local district council decided to improve the community center last year.

PREP.

in, up

We need to locate the missing keys in the storage room before the meeting starts.

Definitions

name

Initialism of Library of Congress.

noun

Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.

Initialism of loss of consciousness; also LoC.

Initialism of lines of code.

Initialism of lab on a chip.

Initialism of line of credit; also LoC.

noun

A dreadlock.

Thinning hair can be especially disconcerting when one is trying to wear 'locs, also known as dreadlocks, which I'd first begun in late 2001. […] I finally fetched the shears and, cringing, cut off each 'loc at the point where new growth was coming in.

Locs are another protective hairstyle that dates back to Africa. This rope-like hairstyle is achieved by matting the hair. Priests of the Ethiopian Coptic religion in 500 BCE wore locs, and the first archaeological evidence of locs comes from East Africa.

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Example Bank

WARNING: If CSS is not selected immediately for some 2 EO RTLS contingency abort situations, the vehicle may pitch up and out of control, due to the low thrust-to-weight situation and relatively high

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Locs are another protective hairstyle that dates back to Africa. This rope-like hairstyle is achieved by matting the hair. Priests of the Ethiopian Coptic religion in 500 BCE wore locs, and the first

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Dread Head will assist you with temporarily locing your hair.

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Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib?

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The first contributor of an accepted new item (not a COA) is entitled to a free issue, as are all other Good People who send in locs, cartoons, etc.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, loc is marked as informal, slang, dated, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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