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View definitions for padlock

padlock

noun as in bolt

noun as in closure

noun as in latch

noun as in lock

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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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On this page you'll find 115 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to padlock, such as: fastener, latch, pipe, rivet, rod, and spike.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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