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padlock

[ pad-lok ]

noun

  1. a portable or detachable lock with a pivoted or sliding shackle that can be passed through a link, ring, staple, or the like.


verb (used with object)

  1. to fasten with or as with a padlock.

padlock

/ ˈpædˌlɒk /

noun

  1. a detachable lock having a hinged or sliding shackle, which can be used to secure a door, lid, etc, by passing the shackle through rings or staples
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to fasten with or as if with a padlock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • un·padlocked adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of padlock1

First recorded in 1425–75, padlock is from the late Middle English word padlok. See pod 4, lock 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of padlock1

C15 pad, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

Just drill holes through it to match the mounting points of whatever rack or solution you’re using, then secure the top strap with a padlock.

Aside from the patisserie, I rarely frequented any of those establishments, yet I feel a twinge in my chest every time I see the padlocks.

From Time

The body lay in an aboveground marble sarcophagus guarded by no groundskeepers or watchmen, just one lonely padlock.

On the Pont des Arts we buy a padlock engraved with our initials, T and E.

Yet Romney happily slid his leg into this manacle, slammed down the padlock, and threw the key into the river.

One tent had a padlock on the front, a visible if not effective request for some privacy.

An hour later, with a nice, shiny new padlock, I went back to the composing-room.

The light was switched off, and Bud heard the doors pulled shut, and the rattle of the padlock and chain.

If he had been surprised at seeing the padlock, it was nothing to the burning indignation which now possessed him.

What was his astonishment at finding an enormous padlock and a heavy chain upon the door!

Still, they were so honest that a padlock, broken by mistake, was secretly replaced by a new one on the next day.

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