latchkey
About 0.09 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A key, especially to an outside door.
- noun (Can we verify this sense?) Ellipsis of latchkey kid.
- noun Ellipsis of latchkey program.
- adjective Pertaining to unsupervised children in afterschool care contexts.
- verb To open something by means of a latchkey.
Similar words
lockset stock lock heck gate back door door closure lockbox doggie door slatch
Often followed by
children kids child in and kid program programs to
Word family
latchkeys
Save “latchkey” to learn later