PASSKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does passkey mean? 

• PASSKEY (noun)
  The noun PASSKEY has 1 sense:

1. key that secures entrance everywhere

  Familiarity information: PASSKEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASSKEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Key that secures entrance everywhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

master; master key; passe-partout; passkey

Hypernyms ("passkey" is a kind of...):

key (metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passkey"):

skeleton key (a passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks)