Keyhole: alternatives and connections

At the door; of the door; as, out adoors.

To lock, or fasten as with a lock.

A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a f…

A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.

To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bor…

To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.

A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.

An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt.

A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, t…

To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.

The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock.

A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.

A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.

A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.

A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place.

Not receiving; incapable of receiving.

A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protr…