safety deposit box
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈseɪfti dɪˈpɒzɪt bɒks/
- UK
:
caja de seguridad
- We stored our family heirlooms in a safety deposit box at the bank to keep them secure.
- a safety deposit box at the bank
- key to the safety deposit box
- open a safety deposit box
Well, anyone listening, you should always have a safety deposit box or something away from your home.
- Well, anyone listening, you should always have a safety deposit box or something away from your home.
- So let's say, let's say you know, we have a even something as simple as a safety deposit box.
- Yes, you can, you can ensure things through bank safety deposit boxes, but there's little reason to if there's a safe place those that's the safe place.
- Even if I didn't do shit, I'm just making stuff up, you know, it's in US, it's in a safety deposit box, It's in a locker at the Greyhound station.
Examples
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This is the contents of your mother's safety-deposit box.
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l'd like access to my safety deposit box, 366, please.
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Well, anyone listening, you should always have a safety deposit box or something away from your home.
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It's in a safety deposit box.
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I have to keep them in the safety deposit box.
Fiction book (1992) -
Your aunt had a safety deposit box.
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A search warrant revealed no other missing diamonds in his apartment or in his safety deposit box.
Fiction book (1991) -
Traditional storage areas, such as lockers, storage units, and safety deposit boxes, have long been used to store an individual's private documents and effects.
Academic text (2017) -
They found a safety deposit box with fifty thousand dollars in it, taken out three months ago, used that one time.
Fiction book (1992) -
-Well, she's got enough evidence in her safety deposit box to ruin me.
Synonyms
238
4.8
A strong locked room or digital place for keeping valuable things safe
70
2.8
A secure metal box in a bank where people keep valuables
35
4.6
A locked metal box in a bank where people keep valuable things or documents
30
3.7
A strong metal box in a bank that holds valuable things
29
4.0
A fireproof metal box at a bank for keeping valuable things like documents or jewelry
20
1.0
A strong metal box that keeps money, documents, and valuables from theft or fire
14
5.8
A strong metal box that is often kept at a bank to hold valuable things safely
10
3.5
A strong, secure room in a bank that holds money, valuable things, and important papers
5
5.5
A heavy box with a lock for keeping money or other valuable things safe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a secure container used to store valuables (typically at a bank)' is directly derivable from combining 'safety' (protection), 'deposit' (storing/placing items) and 'box' (a container). This noun-noun composition follows ordinary English compounding patterns and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Safety deposit box comes from the simple picture of a small metal box you deposit at a bank for safety. That's why it means 'a secure container in a bank' used for keeping valuable items safe.