safe-deposit box

noun

Definition of safe-deposit boxnext
as in vault
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe kept the deed to the house in a safe-deposit box at the bank

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Recent Examples of safe-deposit box 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, 24 Nov. 2025 Examples are money, unclaimed insurance proceeds and items in safe-deposit boxes. — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025 Rarely did Ed McCaffrey open up his safe-deposit box to show off his Super Bowl rings, having also won with the 1997 and ’98 Denver Broncos. — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024 An appeals court finds the FBI did violate rights of some Beverly Hills safe-deposit box holders. — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for safe-deposit box
Recent Examples of Synonyms for safe-deposit box
  1. vault
  2. safe
  3. box
  4. strongbox
Noun
  • Renovate a radiation-oncology vault, modernize the emergency department, build a cardiology clinic, add telehealth at two rural clinics, and deploy mobile mammography.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
  • When stored in the cloud, a user’s videos will be kept in what Ring says is effectively a secure digital vault to which only the user has the key.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • The event featured live music, free giveaways that included Chromebooks, gas cards and biometric gun safes, and presentations from guests who spoke about safety.
    — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The group shattered windows, stole or attempted to steal cash, register drawers and safes.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of safe
Noun
  • The remaining two reversals came from the batter’s box, with Cincinnati’s Sal Stewart and Chicago outfielder Seiya Suzuki each winning a challenge.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This is the first instance of confirmation that Xbox’s Project Helix is not just an individual box, long thought to be a PC/console hybrid, but a family of multiple devices, something rumored, but not said outright, officially.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of box
Noun
  • 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
  • Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of strongbox

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“Safe-deposit box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safe-deposit%20box. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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