strongroom

American  

[strawng-room, -room, strong-] / ˈstrɔŋˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈstrɒŋ- /

Or strong room

noun

1. a fireproof, burglarproof room in which valuables are kept.

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strongroom British  

/ ˈstrɒŋˌruːm, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a specially designed room in which valuables are locked for safety

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Etymology

Origin of strongroom

First recorded in 1755–65; strong + room

Example Sentences

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strongroom

Unfortunately, the safe was too large to make it through the strongroom doorway and officials opted to have it placed in the castle library instead.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2022

Sonja Parkinson, who escaped from the five robbers by hiding in a strongroom, described her husband David as a "loving husband and great father".

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2013

It can be figured in the mask of a person who is locked up in an iron strongroom, and, feeling ill at ease, notices that the walls are getting red-hot at the corners.

From Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days by Arnold Bennett

Mapfabvisheen had trodden softly from the strongroom and thought himself safe.

From Rastignac the Devil by Philip José Farmer

Here it shall stop until the Saharas are floated on Monday, if I have to lock it in the strongroom and throw the keys into the Thames.

From A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa by Henry Rider Haggard