lockbox

noun

lock·​box ˈläk-ˌbäks How to pronounce lockbox (audio)
: a box (such as a post-office box) that locks

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For indoor storage, guns should be kept unloaded and locked in appropriate safes or lockboxes for handguns, with ammunition in a separate safe, the AAP recommends. Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025 Robbie cradles his sleeping child; bonds with his best friend, Cliff (Raúl Castillo), during a discussion about dating and intimacy; and then carefully removes his gun from a lockbox in preparation for a violent raid. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025 There are fridge lockboxes that are not expensive. Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025 This means that the cryptographic lockboxes protecting personal information, financial records and intellectual property are on the verge of being broken wide open. Anand Oswal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lockbox

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lockbox was in 1848

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“Lockbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lockbox. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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