Definition of "strongbox" [strong•box]

• A stoutly made box or safe in which valuables are deposited. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The strongbox is not large enough that a computer fit in it. (old English) the strongbox is not large enough that a computer would fit in it. (new English)"
• "Curled on the lid of the strongbox was a jet rosary, its small crucifix shining in the moonlight."
• "Inside the strongbox were the stolen secrets of the Meddlers: the answers he’d been seeking since he’d woken, devoid of memory, in an entombed city months before."