safe
n. countablen. a strong metal box with a lock. You use it to keep money, jewelry, or important papers protected from fire and thieves.
n. a strong, lockable container designed to protect valuables from theft or environmental damage.
He keeps his passport in a small safe under the bed.
The hotel provides a digital safe in every room so guests can secure their electronics and cash while they are out.
The bank's primary vault contains hundreds of individual safes, each requiring two separate keys to open, ensuring that no single employee can access the contents alone.
From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic salwos, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂- (“whole, every”). Displaced native Old English sicor (secure, sure).
Commonly takes the preposition 'in' to describe the location of items.