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padlock

[pad-lok]

noun

  1. a portable or detachable lock with a pivoted or sliding shackle that can be passed through a link, ring, staple, or the like.



verb (used with object)

  1. to fasten with or as with a padlock.

padlock

/ ˈæˌɒ /

noun

  1. a detachable lock having a hinged or sliding shackle, which can be used to secure a door, lid, etc, by passing the shackle through rings or staples

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to fasten with or as if with a padlock

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unpadlocked adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of padlock1

First recorded in 1425–75, padlock is from the late Middle English word padlok. See pod 4, lock 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of padlock1

C15 pad, of obscure origin
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In Paris, it has been made illegal to attach a padlock after part of the bridge collapsed in 2014.

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“He says I have an aptitude for devotion,” the smitten boy beams, with his master’s padlock chained around his neck.

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Fisher padlocked the cage, and threatened to call the media.

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A massive "Home Furnishings" banner glares over the line of grubby once-white caravans, many with padlocked doors and windows taped shut.

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His home is padlocked shut, and rebels are more reluctant to grant entry there.

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