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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Safe and strongbox

Hi

Would you say that the words safe and strongbox sound equally natural to your native ears?

A- Where's the money?

B - In the safe / strongbox.

N-Grams say this:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=safe%2Cstrongbox&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Csafe%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cstrongbox%3B%2Cc0

Thanks,

Tom

PS: I heard the word strongbox in one of the old movies I recently watched.

  

Top answer

The common term is 'a safe'. Like you, I've only heard 'a strongbox' in old movies. Usually in a context where valuables are being transported from one place to another, Clive

— Clive

  • The common term is 'a safe'.
  • Like you, I've only heard 'a strongbox' in old movies.
  • Usually in a context where valuables are being transported from one place to another, Clive
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The common term is 'a safe'.

Like you, I've only heard 'a strongbox' in old movies. Usually in a context where valuables are being transported from one place to another,

Clive

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