Strongroom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A strongly built room or vault where valuables may be safely stored.

    "All of Sellafield is in a holding pattern, trying to keep waste safe until it can be consigned to the ultimate strongroom: the geological disposal facility (GDF), bored hundreds of metres into the Earth’s rock, a project that could cost another £53bn."

  2. 2
    a burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept wordnet

Example

More examples

"All of Sellafield is in a holding pattern, trying to keep waste safe until it can be consigned to the ultimate strongroom: the geological disposal facility (GDF), bored hundreds of metres into the Earth’s rock, a project that could cost another £53bn."

Etymology

strong + room

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