strongbox
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈstrɔŋˌbɑks/
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caja fuerte
- The family decided to put their jewelry in a secure strongbox to keep it safe from thieves.
- a strongbox with a lock
- a small strongbox
- open a strongbox
Examples
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All the money's in the strongbox and in the cash drawers.
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Delilah, there's a big red strongbox in the attic.
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Let me open my strongbox here.
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Will you bring in the strongbox, please?
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Why else would she have kept it in her strongbox?
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It's a small office containing a strongbox.
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There was a strongbox on the floor of Craddock's room.
Fiction book (1993) -
In response, Lizzie bought a strongbox.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the strongbox that held the family's papers, he found the sheet of contact proofs.
Fiction book (1995) -
They took all the passengers' valuables and a strongbox with just over $2,400 in it.
Synonyms
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2.8
A secure metal box in a bank where people keep valuables
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4.6
A locked metal box in a bank where people keep valuable things or documents
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3.7
A strong metal box in a bank that holds valuable things
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3.4
A secure metal box in a bank for keeping valuable things
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5.8
A strong metal box that is often kept at a bank to hold valuable things safely
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3.2
A strong box for keeping money in shops or at events
A strong box that locks for keeping important papers and small valuables
A very strong locked box for keeping money or important papers
A locked box where people put cash payments
A large strong box used to store valuable or household items
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Morphology
Etymology
Strongbox comes from putting together strong ('powerful') and box ('container'). It meant a very strong, often metal, locked box for money or valuable things, so the name shows it is made to keep things safe.