lockbox

noun

Definition of lockboxnext
as in strongbox

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Recent Examples of lockbox Electrical equipment and crucial wiring was also found in disrepair, while a lockbox meant to hold keys for emergency first responders to easily access the facility was left empty. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026 Postcard Cabins makes the extra effort to encourage you to unplug, providing a wooden lockbox to tuck your phone away. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 The megatext should feel like an undiscovered continent, not a lockbox with an unknown code. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026 The watch comes with a lockbox containing extensive documentation, including letters between Jack Heuer (then-Heuer CEO) and Nunley, and over 200 archival photographs from the set. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lockbox
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lockbox
  1. strongbox
  2. coffer
  3. safe-deposit box
  4. footlocker
  5. safe
  6. vault
  7. coffin
Noun
  • The strongbox, which is painted with flowers and birds, has a false keyhole on the front; the real keyhole is hidden underneath a bolt on its lid.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of strongbox
Noun
  • Not a bad move at all for an always-camera-ready CA pol like Gavin Newsom with DC ambitions and donor coffers to fill.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
  • African countries have been hit hard by surging global energy prices this year, which have strained public coffers and prompted several to announce plans to develop new oil and gas fields or build domestic refineries.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of coffer
Noun
  • Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of safe-deposit box
Noun
  • The footlocker was not owned by the man’s father, officials said.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • My dad’s footlocker did not survive the flood, but many of its contents suffered only minor damage.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
Definition of footlocker
Noun
  • Apartments could come with little more than a sink, leaving tenants to supply everything from shelves to food safes.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Utilize 24/7 alarms with CCTV to monitor the perimeter of your business, the inside, and any objects or merchandise that may be targeted, such as ATMs, safes, and cash registers.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of safe
Noun
  • There are just under 5,000 burial vaults (all above ground), which include imposing mausoleums made of marble.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Mystery across life Leonard Rome and Nancy Kedersha first identified vault particles in 1986.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • Rain fell as families wept beside the coffins, and officers held portraits of their fallen colleagues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The monumental burial mound included a log cabin-like structure, one coffin, and the remains of multiple individuals and horse sacrifices.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of coffin

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“Lockbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lockbox. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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