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padlock

English

Etymology

From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlok, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?pad?l?k/
  • Hyphenation: pad?lock

Noun

padlock (plural padlocks)

  1. A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

Hypernyms

  • lock

Translations

See also

  • combination lock

Verb

padlock (third-person singular simple present padlocks, present participle padlocking, simple past and past participle padlocked)

  1. To lock using a padlock.
    • 1989, Del Amitri, “Nothing Ever Happens” (song):
      Janitors padlock the gates.

Translations

References

  • padlock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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latches

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?læt??z/ (UK)
  • Homophones: laches

Noun

latches

  1. plural of latch
    The guard made sure all the latches were secure.

Verb

latches

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of latch

Anagrams

  • Aletsch, Satchel, Slechta, chalets, chestal, châlets, satchel, scaleth, scathel

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