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The definition of a padlock is a detachable lock with a hinged U-shaped hook that goes around the items being locked.

(noun)

A lock with a hinged U-shaped hook that you use to chain your bike to the bike rack is an example of a padlock.

To padlock is to secure something using a lock with a hinged U-shaped hook.

(verb)

When you wrap chains around the doors of your storage shed and you then secure the chains with a U-shaped lock so they cannot be removed, this is an example of when you padlock your shed.

See padlock in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a removable lock with a hinged or pivoting link to be passed through a staple, chain, or eye

Origin: ME padlocke < pad (< ?) + lokke, lock

transitive verb

to fasten with or as with a padlock
to close (a building) against entrance

See padlock in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A detachable lock with a U-shaped bar hinged at one end, designed to be passed through the staple of a hasp or a link in a chain and then snapped shut.

transitive verb pad·locked, pad·lock·ing, pad·locks

To lock up with or as if with a padlock.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English padlok

Origin: : pad-, of unknown meaning

Origin: + lok, lock; see lock¹

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