strongbox (noun)

  • 31safe — [13] Like save, and indeed salvage and salvation, safe comes from Latin salvus ‘uninjured’. It reached English via Old French sauf. Salvus itself went back to a prehistoric Indo European *solwos ‘whole’, which came from the same base that… …

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  • 32safe — 1. adjective 1) the jewels are safe in the bank Syn: secure, protected, shielded, sheltered, guarded, out of harm s way Ant: insecure, at risk 2) the lost children are all safe Syn …

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  • 33till — I noun she counted the money in the till Syn: cash register, cash drawer(s), cashbox, strongbox; checkout II verb he went back to tilling the land Syn: cultivate, work, farm, plow, dig, hoe, turn over, prepare …

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  • 34safe — [13] Like save, and indeed salvage and salvation, safe comes from Latin salvus ‘uninjured’. It reached English via Old French sauf. Salvus itself went back to a prehistoric Indo European *solwos ‘whole’, which came from the same base that… …

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