latchkey
(noun) key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door
Source: WordNet® 3.1
latchkey (plural latchkeys)
A key, especially to an outside door.
Synonym: check key
A child who is given a key to the home and is expected to remain at home alone (without adult supervision until the parents return from work).
latchkey (not comparable)
Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase latchkey child.
Source: Wiktionary
Latch"key`, n.
Definition: A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
