SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX Synonyms: 15 Similar Words

safe-deposit box

noun

Definition of safe-deposit box

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

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Noun

The mayor said the suspect used a 9-mm pistol belonging to his father, a Department of Education employee, after breaking into a vault where the firearm had been stored and bringing it to school.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Behind a vault door is a hidden passage leading to a former speakeasy.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of vault

Noun

But Paul Robinson's attorney, Michael DeRiso, said Robinson didn't know what was inside the safe.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Head into the remainder of the year with travel essentials that offer a little extra peace of mind, including luggage locks, portable travel safes, and personal alarms that can help deter pickpockets.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of safe

Noun

But again, what feels worth the money can’t always fit inside a jewelry box.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
When Busch went again on the ensuing pitch, catcher Jose Trevino signaled to Pagán for a pitchout into the right-handed batter’s box and delivered an on-target throw to second.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 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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