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Plural of padlock

regular plural

The plural of padlock is padlocks.

Forms of padlock

Singularpadlock /ˈpæ̞dˌlɒk/
Pluralpadlocks /ˈpadˌlɒks/
Countablecountable

Padlocks in a sentence

  • Also known as jail locks, Scandinavian padlocks were made from cast components, having a malleable iron body, shackle, and key.2007, Graham Pulford, High-Security Mechanical Locks: An Encyclopedic Reference, →ISBN. From the entry jail lock

Meaning of padlock

  1. noun A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle.
  2. verb To lock using a padlock.

Full definition of padlock

Questions about the plural of padlock

What is the plural of padlock?
The plural of padlock is padlocks.
Is padlock countable?
Padlock is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: padlock (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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