strongbox

noun

ˈstrȯŋ-ˌbäks How to pronounce strongbox (audio)
Definition of strongboxnext
as in vault
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe keeps her jewelry in a strongbox

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Recent Examples of strongbox The strongbox, which is painted with flowers and birds, has a false keyhole on the front; the real keyhole is hidden underneath a bolt on its lid. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026 Buffs have been made to various maps in terms of monster density, chests, number of rare and magic monsters, essences, strongboxes, shrines and all of this is without specific Waystone or Tower modifiers. — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 Another artifact reflecting the sharp divides between rich and poor is an elaborate 800-pound steel strongbox that would have been used to store money—a great deal of it—in the home. — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023 By August 3, Bitcoin had rebounded by 15% to $23,300, raising the value of MicroStrategy’s strongbox by around $400 million. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 By the time the duke and a boat containing his strongbox of memoirs and political documents were loaded, only one other boat was able to escape. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 June 2022 Today the sacred strongbox largely is in the hands of the cultural Left. — John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020 Police were called and found that two rings were missing from the master closet, where a strongbox had been moved and pried open. — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strongbox
  1. vault
  2. safe
  3. coffer
Noun
  • The Dakota and Ojibwe language archive that leaders feared was lost in a Minneapolis fire survived, and it is being moved to the basement vault of an old bank building.
    — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • At the center of it all is the daring, epic raid on a bank vault deep beneath the streets of Zurich.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • Utilize 24/7 alarms with CCTV to monitor the perimeter of your business, the inside, and any objects or merchandise that may be targeted, such as ATMs, safes, and cash registers.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This $14 set is a fraction of the price of many portable safes and can come in handy throughout your entire trip.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of safe
Noun
  • Kirk even suggested that large corporations might underwrite the televising of executions to raise money for public coffers.
    — Odette Yousef, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Governments can no longer rely on selling land-use rights to developers to fill their coffers, taking away one of their main sources of revenue and limiting the funds available to encourage the growth of new industries.
    — Scott Singer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of coffer

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“Strongbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongbox. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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