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lockbox
  • n  a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables
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lockdown
  • n  the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
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locke
  • n  English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
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locker
  • n  a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
  • n  a fastener that locks or closes
  • n  a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
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locker room
  • n  a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions
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locket
  • n  a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace
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locking
  • n  the act of locking something up to protect it
  • v  fasten with a lock
  • v  keep engaged
  • v  become rigid or immoveable
  • v  hold in a locking position
  • v  become engaged or intermeshed with one another
  • v  hold fast (in a certain state)
  • v  place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
  • v  pass by means through a lock in a waterway
  • v  build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
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lockjaw
  • n  an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
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