padlock
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of padlock
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
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noun
- A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
verb
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(transitive)To lock using a padlock.
“Janitors padlock the gates.”
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Etymology
From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier”).
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