padlock
A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged…A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
» Tom padlocked the door.
Том запер дверь на висячий замок. — marafon
Том замкнув двері на підвісний замок. — deniko
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1 sensesA detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle
Vorhängeschloss
вися́чий замо́кvisjáčij zamók, замо́кzamók
a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut
Examples
27 sentencesTom padlocked the door.
Том замкнув двері на підвісний замок. — deniko
ruТом запер дверь на висячий замок. — marafon
There's a padlock on the door.
ruНа двери висит замок. — marafon
deAn der Tür ist ein Vorhängeschloss. — Yorwba
There was a padlock on the door.
Tom put a padlock on the barn door.
Tom put a padlock on his barn door.
Translations
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Origin
From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown oFrom earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier”).
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