strongroom

See also: strong room

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

strong + room

Noun

strongroom (plural strongrooms)

  1. A strongly built room or vault where valuables may be safely stored.
    • December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
      All of Sellafield is in a holding pattern, trying to keep waste safe until it can be consigned to the ultimate strongroom: the geological disposal facility (GDF), bored hundreds of metres into the Earth’s rock, a project that could cost another £53bn.
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