Difference between lockbox and safe

lockbox

Definitions

noun

  1. a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables

Examples

How big of a lockbox? Eh, doesnt matter, just let me have all of the gold. Your kingdom thanks you.

In her lockbox, next to her never-requested letters to the FBI, she kept a suicide-grade packet of seconal.

Once they are given the right to protect plane and passengers, pilots must still carry their firearm in a lockbox.

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safe

Definitions

adjective

  1. having reached a base without being put out
  2. free from danger or the risk of harm
  3. financially safe
  4. (of an undertaking) secure from risk

noun

  1. contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
  2. a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests
  3. strongbox where valuables can be safely kept

Examples

Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety.

Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.

If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex.

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