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LATCHKEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does latchkey mean?
• LATCHKEY (noun)
The noun LATCHKEY has 1 sense:
1. key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door
Familiarity information: LATCHKEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("latchkey" is a kind of...):
key (metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated)
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