strongroom
/ˈstrɒŋruːm/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈstrɒŋruːm/
strongroom
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- 2 syllables
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stron - groom -> strongroom
Myanmar meaning
အဖိုးတန်ပစ္စည်းများကို မီးဘေး ၊ သူခိုးဘေးမှ ကင်းလွတ်ရန် ထိန်းသိမ်းထားသည့် ဘဏ်တိုက်၏ အခန်းတစ်ခန်း။
Full entry
strongroom /'strɒŋru:m, -rƱm/ n
More examples
- ‘He said the forensic investigation, which he started in September 2003, was based on a national prosecuting authority strongroom full of documents.’
- ‘Haig's bank manager had been warned by telephone to expect a party with valuable goods to be deposited in his strongroom.’
- ‘Tahr watched as guards locked and bolted the heavy door to the strongroom where the cargo from the wreck had been stacked.’
- ‘Kept in a strongroom, deep in the vaults of the civic centre, it remains the city council's most precious possession.’
- ‘The crown's in the fifth box on the left in the small strongroom.’
- ‘Aethris is ready in the engineerium, Verdana's out on deck, acting as lookout, and Rakael's in the strongrooms, counting out treasure again.’
- ‘The keeper unlocked the jewels and to his amazement was seized and held in the strongroom.’
- ‘They had big plans - to add the 6, 500 remaining images filed in the strongroom, before starting on official council pictures.’
- ‘Bester told Judge Siraj Desai that he thought it was ‘a bit odd’ to be meeting in the specially-adapted strongroom.’
- ‘They forced the manager to open the safe and then herded him and his two colleagues into the strongroom.’
- ‘All the robbers then gained access and staff were locked in the records room after the strongroom was unlocked.’
- ‘After a series of blasts, the strongroom was located by one E C Miller, who forced it with a hammer and chisel.’
- ‘There's still the small strongroom to empty, but I think we'd better leave that here.’
- ‘Van der Walt said his team had unlimited access to a National Prosecuting Authority strongroom full of documents and statements.’
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