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All deadbolt synonyms

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verb deadbolt

  • block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
  • lock — a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
  • plug — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
  • clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
  • secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
  • fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
  • trammel — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
  • wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • dam — A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
  • dike — a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
  • blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
  • jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
  • barricade — A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest.
  • bolt — A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
  • fasten — to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
  • close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
  • latch — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
  • seal — a member of the U.S. Navy’s special operations forces.
  • caulk — If you caulk something such as a boat, you fill small cracks in its surface in order to prevent it from leaking.
  • bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
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