Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A stoutly made box or safe in which valuables are deposited.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A box of rigid and durable construction fitted with a lock, used for the purpose of protecting valuable items, such as jewelry or money.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked
Examples
“The strongbox is not large enough that a computer fit in it. (old English) the strongbox is not large enough that a computer would fit in it. (new English)”
“Curled on the lid of the strongbox was a jet rosary, its small crucifix shining in the moonlight.”
“Inside the strongbox were the stolen secrets of the Meddlers: the answers he’d been seeking since he’d woken, devoid of memory, in an entombed city months before.”
“Child, knowledge is a treasury and your heart its strongbox.”
“At that time Allison was performing with his group "Man Size Safe," a tongue in cheek reference to a strongbox reportedly kept in then Vice President Dick Cheney's office.”
“And marriage IS that strongbox that protects those within it from the outside ...”
“The trio searches a visually sumptuous Southwest for a strongbox containing $200,000 in gold.”
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“Then, on the approaches to the ground, a group of young men up ahead snatched the takings from a smallholder and ran away with his strongbox.”
“The stuff in that strongbox was stolen from Umber in the first place.”
“He brought a strongbox that must contain your archives.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘strongbox’.
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Mundane Transformers
Bore that meets the eye.
potamogeton, testator, scrutator, isolator, confiteor, deflator, qwerty, susceptor, champertor, preemptor, disinfector, infractor and 91 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (concrete)
foodstuff, banknote, crankshaft, earphone, fibreboard, fishplate, forklift, glassware, guardrail, handicraft, headband, kitchenware and 181 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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TECH - department store terms
absorbable, access road, account book, acoustic, adding machine, adhesive, advisory service, aeration, air compressor, air conditioner, air filter, alarm system and 231 more...
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X Marks the Spot
Words ending in "x" (except proper nouns and trademarks)
ax, ex, ox, soapbox, smallpox, six, sex, sax, rex, pressbox, climax, chickenpox and 208 more...
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Words I like
This is a list of my favourite words (phrases) in english, as a second language. I love them mostly because of how they sound and their meaning.
ninja, cookie, skill, zip, plentiful, digg, debris, pancake, cucumber, fetch, pot, backpack and 461 more...
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Ute
Durable items invented by Hom. Sap.
alpenhorn, matchbox, plinth, pillow, cantilever, fulcrum, troika, cloverleaf, nib, wheelbarrow, dictabelt, cockpit and 184 more...
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