Definitions for padlockˈpædˌlɒk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pad•lockˈpædˌlɒk(n.)
a portable or detachable lock with a pivoted or sliding shackle that can be passed through a link, ring, staple, or the like.
Category: Building Trades
(v.t.)to fasten with or as if with a padlock.
Category: Building Trades
Origin of padlock:
1425–75; late ME padlok. See pod3, lock1
Princeton's WordNet
padlock(verb)
a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut
padlock(verb)
fasten with a padlock
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
padlock(noun)ˈpædˌlɒk
a lock with a U-shaped fastener
padlock(verb)ˈpædˌlɒk
to fasten with a padlock
to padlock the door
Wiktionary
padlock(Noun)
A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
padlock(Verb)
To lock using a padlock.
Origin: padlok, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok
Webster Dictionary
Padlock(noun)
a portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc
Padlock(noun)
fig.: A curb; a restraint
Padlock(verb)
to fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock
Translations for padlock
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
padlock(noun)
a (usually metal) movable lock with a U-shaped bar which can be passed through a ring, chain etc and locked
He has put a padlock on the gate.
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- visací zámekCzech

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- λουκέτοGreek

- candadoSpanish

- tabalukkEstonian

- قفلFarsi

- munalukkoFinnish

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- lokotCroatian

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- pakabinamoji spynaLithuanian

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- manggaMalay

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- كولپ ، كلپ ، قفلPashto

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- lacătRomanian

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- висячий замокUkrainian

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