lockbox

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noun

A box with a built-in lock; usually, a portable one.

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Meanings

nounlockbox (plural lockboxes)

plural lockboxes

  1. A box with a built-in lock; usually, a portable one.

    Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mm handgun and the game.

    2009 January 13, M. R. Kropko, “Video-game addiction rejected as defence”, in Toronto Star

    Synonyms: strongbox, safe, safebox

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA box with a built-in lock; usually, a portable one.

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strongboxsafesafebox

More synonyms by meaning

nouna fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables

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safe-depositsafe-deposit boxsafety-depositsafety deposit boxdeposit box
Broader
strongboxdeedbox
Also see
safesafe-depositsafe-deposit boxstrongbox

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From lock + box.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish turvalokero, tallelokero
  • turvalokerobox with built-in lock
  • tallelokerobox with built-in lock
Polish sejf
  • sejfbox with built-in lock

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

boxlock
Cite this entry
APA

lockbox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lockbox

MLA

“lockbox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lockbox. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lockbox,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lockbox.

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