Dictionary Entry
padlock
padlock is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Fig.: A curb; a restraint.
- 3transitive verb
To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
- 4noun
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
- 5verb
fasten with a padlock
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