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safemaking

safemaking noun: the manufacture of safes.

Noun

safemaking (uncountable)

  1. The manufacture of safes.
    • Let us hope that always in road building, as in safemaking, the burglar has been just a little ahead of the safemakers.1919, Texas. Agricultural and Mechanical College, College Station. Engineering Experiment Station, Bulletin (issues 21-34, page 70)

Origin of safemaking

From safe + making.

Questions about safemaking

What does safemaking mean?
Safemaking means the manufacture of safes.
What part of speech is safemaking?
Safemaking is a noun.

Words near safemaking in the dictionary

  1. safelisting
  2. safelists
  3. safely
  4. safemaker
  5. safemakers
  6. safemaking
  7. safen
  8. safened
  9. safener
  10. safeners
  11. safeness

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