strongboxes

noun

plural of strongbox
as in vaults
a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe keeps her jewelry in a strongbox

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  1. vaults
  2. safes
  3. coffers
Noun
  • On July 22, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned that vaults whose managers pick strategies, rebalance assets and appoint decision-makers may not sit outside securities law.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • When the Nazis confiscated the negative and shipped it back to Berlin, Hensel safeguarded it in the Reichsfilmarchiv vaults in Berlin until the Allied victory.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Definition of vaults
Noun
  • Before refrigeration became mainstream, cutout details were added to larders and meat safes as a way to ventilate a cupboard without leaving it open.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
  • Borg and another unidentified suspect were seen on video breaking into a district building in Challenger Drive in Alameda and making off with two safes, according to police.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
Definition of safes
Noun
  • As a matter of course, when Biden dropped out of the race, that money moved right into Harris’ coffers.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The program, according to the Government Accountability Office, hardly has been a serious drain on the federal coffers.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of coffers
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“Strongboxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strongboxes. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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