Definitions for padlockˈpædˌlɒk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pad•lockˈpædˌlɒk(n.)

  1. 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

  2. (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

  1. 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

  2. padlock(verb)

    fasten with a padlock

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. padlock(noun)ˈpædˌlɒk

    a lock with a U-shaped fastener

  2. padlock(verb)ˈpædˌlɒk

    to fasten with a padlock

    to padlock the door

Wiktionary

  1. padlock(Noun)

    A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

  2. padlock(Verb)

    To lock using a padlock.

  3. Origin: padlok, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok

Webster Dictionary

  1. 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

  2. Padlock(noun)

    fig.: A curb; a restraint

  3. 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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