Definitions for padlock

padlock pad·lock

Spelling: [pad-lok]
IPA: /ˈpædˌlɒk/

Padlock is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in padlock (acdklop).

Definitions for padlock

noun

  1. a portable or detachable lock with a pivoted or sliding shackle that can be passed through a link, ring, staple, or the like.

verb (used with object)

  1. to fasten with or as with a padlock.

Origin of padlock

First recorded in 1425-75, padlock is from the late Middle English word padlok. See pod3, lock1

Examples for padlock

Soon after, the sound of a key in the padlock outside woke me.

On the Pont des Arts we buy a padlock engraved with our initials, T and E.

From one of these depended a short chain, from the other a padlock.

He walked to the door and took out his gun as he examined the padlock.

He got out with a padlock and chain; and, having put these in place, offered Alice his hand.

When the padlock snapped behind him Code took in his surroundings.

After refastening the padlock, they both returned to the bench.

Yet Romney happily slid his leg into this manacle, slammed down the padlock, and threw the key into the river.

One tent had a padlock on the front, a visible if not effective request for some privacy.

As he placed the key in the padlock, he could hear the rattle of the chains of the man inside.

Word Value for padlock
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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