All padlock synonyms
pad·lock
P p noun padlock
- bung — A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask.
- grapple — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- closure — The closure of a place such as a business or factory is the permanent ending of the work or activity there.
- brad — a small tapered nail having a small head that is either symmetrical or formed on one side only
- lock — a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
- 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.
- clinch — If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
verb padlock
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.