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Definition: Combination Lock |
Combination LockNoun1. Lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prison | Bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall; paling, palisade; fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence; barrier, barricade. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Combination Lock |
| English words defined with "combination lock": combination. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | Scene in the Supply Officer's stateroom, 18 January 1938. The officer writing at the desk may be Lieutenant Commander Matthew T. Betton, USN(SC), who was Brooklyn's Supply Officer at the time. Note safe, with combination lock, installed as part of the desk; fan, electric heater, officer's sword and .45 caliber M1911 pistol on the bulkhead above the sofa. Credit: NAVY. |  | Miscellaneous subjects. Hand turning combination lock of safe. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
combination lock | 130 |
pick combination lock | 30 |
combination lock picking | 26 |
open combination lock | 19 |
combination lock box | 11 |
master combination lock picking | 7 |
electronic combination lock | 6 |
opening combination lock | 6 |
combination lock lock picking | 2 |
resettable combination lock | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "combination lock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bravë me kod. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | heslový zámek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Buchstabenschloss. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλειδαριά με συνδυασμό. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 組み合わせ , 文字合わせ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くみあわせじょう, もじあわせじょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ombinationcay ocklay секретный замок, замок с кодом. (various references) brava sa kombinacijom. (various references) bokstavslås. (various references) şifreli kilit (permutation lock, puzzle lock). (various references) khoá bí mật. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-i-i-k-l-m-n-n-o-o-o-t" | |
-4 letters: combination. | |
-5 letters: bilocation, calcitonin, monoclinic, nontobacco. | |
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