strongbox
strongbox noun: a sturdy box with a lock, for storing valuables.
Noun
strongbox (plural strongboxes)
- A sturdy box with a lock, for storing valuables.
- Near-synonyms: safe-deposit box, safe deposit box, safety-deposit box
- An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London...
- Synonyms:
- lockbox, safe, safebox, safe-deposit box, safe deposit box, safety-deposit box
strongbox meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
strongbox in Tamil
- உறுதியான பெட்டி
strongbox in Malayalam
- safe, safe-deposit box, cash box
- ഇരുമ്പു പെട്ടി, പണപ്പെട്ടി, സേഫ്, കോശവേഷ്മ, കോശവേഷ്മം, സുരക്ഷം
strongbox in Kannada
- ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ, ತಿಜೋರಿ, ಭದ್ರಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆ
Synonyms of strongbox
Forms of strongbox
| plural | strongboxes |
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Origin of strongbox
From strong + box. Compare French coffre-fort.
Questions about strongbox
- What does strongbox mean?
- Strongbox means a sturdy box with a lock, for storing valuables.
- What is strongbox in Tamil?
- Strongbox in Tamil is உறுதியான பெட்டி. See Strongbox meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is strongbox?
- Strongbox is a noun.
- What is the plural of strongbox?
- The plural of strongbox is strongboxes.
Words near strongbox in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: strongbox (page history and authors); strongbox (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); strongbox (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); strongbox (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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