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Padlock

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Noun

1. padlock

a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut

Verb

2. padlock

fasten with a padlock

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Padlock

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noun
1. 
a detachable lock having a hinged or sliding shackle, which can be used to secure a door, lid, etc, by passing the shackle through rings or staples
verb
2. (transitive)
to fasten with or as if with a padlock

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Padlock

see synonyms of padlock
noun
1. 
a removable lock with a hinged or pivoting link to be passed through a staple, chain, or eye
verb transitive
2. 
to fasten with or as with a padlock
3. 
to close (a building) against entrance

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Padlock

see synonyms of padlock
n.
A detachable lock with a U-shaped bar hinged at one end, designed to be passed through the staple of a hasp or a link in a chain and then snapped shut.
tr.v. pad·locked, pad·lock·ing, pad·locks
To lock up with or as if with a padlock.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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