padlock

Synonyms for padlock

noun lock

noun. plug, seal

noun. lock

noun. device that fastens and bars free passage

verb. attach, tie up

verb. attach, tie up

"removable lock," late 15c., from lokke (see lock (n.)), but the first element is of unknown origin.

After refastening the padlock, they both returned to the bench.

He got out with a padlock and chain; and, having put these in place, offered Alice his hand.

As he placed the key in the padlock, he could hear the rattle of the chains of the man inside.

He walked to the door and took out his gun as he examined the padlock.

When the padlock snapped behind him Code took in his surroundings.

From one of these depended a short chain, from the other a padlock.

Soon after, the sound of a key in the padlock outside woke me.

Durkin had the padlock off the stone shack, and pulled back the door.

It made him more furious than my attempt to saw his padlock.

The Indians pushed forward as their leader snapped open the padlock.