"skeleton key" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: skeleton keys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skeleton key (plural skeleton keys)
  1. A very simple design of key that usually has a cylindrical shaft (sometimes called a "shank") and a single, minimal flat, rectangular tooth or "bit".
    Sense id: en-skeleton_key-en-noun-kIL-Trj6
  2. A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks. Translations (key that opens a range of locks): шперц (šperc) (Bulgarian), 百合匙 (baak³ hap⁶ si⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 萬能鑰匙 /万能钥匙 (wànnéng yàoshi) (Chinese Mandarin), loper [masculine] (Dutch), yleisavain (Finnish), passe-partout [masculine] (French), πασπαρτού (paspartoú) (Greek), álkulcs (Hungarian), passe-partout [masculine] (Italian), adultera clavis [feminine] (Latin), universalnøkkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), universalnykel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), universalnøkkel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), chave-mestra [feminine] (Portuguese), ключ от всех двере́й (ključ ot vsex dveréj) [masculine] (Russian), llave maestra [feminine] (Spanish), halipsusi (Tagalog), gansuwa (Tagalog), กุญแจผี (gun-jɛɛ-pǐi) (Thai), chìa khoá vạn năng (Vietnamese)
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  3. A master key.
    Sense id: en-skeleton_key-en-noun-jcjAED~t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Security Related terms: passkey
Disambiguation of Security: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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