a specially designed room in which valuables are locked for safety
strongroom in American English
(ˈstrɔŋˌrum)
noun
a strongly built room used for the safekeeping of valuables
strongroom in American English
(ˈstrɔŋˌruːm, -ˌrum, ˈstrɑŋ-)
noun
a fireproof, burglarproof room in which valuables are kept
Also: strong room
Word origin
[1755–65; strong + room]This word is first recorded in the period 1755–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: affiliate, generalization, insurgent, lame duck, mitt
Examples of 'strongroom' in a sentence
strongroom
After breaking into the strongroom, the gang cracked open 309 safe deposit boxes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Medieval manuscripts will become prisoners of the strongroom, released, if at all, only on rare occasions for special exhibitions.