as in vault
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe keeps her jewelry in a strongbox

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Recent Examples of strongbox 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 Another artifact reflecting the sharp divides between rich and poor is an elaborate 800-pound steel strongbox that would have been used to store money—a great deal of it—in the home. Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023 Keep in mind that right now, its Bitcoin strongbox is worth just $700 million or so more than its debt. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 By the time the duke and a boat containing his strongbox of memoirs and political documents were loaded, only one other boat was able to escape. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 June 2022 Today the sacred strongbox largely is in the hands of the cultural Left. John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020 Police were called and found that two rings were missing from the master closet, where a strongbox had been moved and pried open. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2020 An audit was carried out and discovered Bisher was writing checks to herself from the company’s strongbox. Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 5 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strongbox
Noun
  • Saturday’s launch of the Undefeated x Air Jordan 4 is just one of many examples of the brand opening its vast vault of coveted and at times, mythical, sneaker styles.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • McDonald’s pulled its beloved Monopoly Game from the vault after being on hiatus for nine years.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Wondering how to separate the sketchy from the safe?
    Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Nazi bureaucrats entered each bank and inventoried the contents of safes, strongrooms, and vaults.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But just over $1 billion is now coming from federal and state coffers, Cutié said.
    Vinod Sreeharsha September 30, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Fun for you, for me, and fun for Disney’s coffers!
    Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Strongbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongbox. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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