master key

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English

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Noun

master key (plural master keys)

A key designed to open a set of several locks; a passkey.
(figurative) Any tool or technique that can solve many types of difficulty.
(law enforcement, slang) A shotgun shell designed for breaching doors.

Translations

a key that opens a set of several locks

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: шперц m (šperc)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: moedersleutel m, loper (nl) m
Finnish: yleisavain
French: passe-partout (fr) m, passepartout (fr) m, passe (fr) m
German: Generalschlüssel (de) m, Hauptschlüssel (de) m, Zentralschlüssel (de) m, Passepartout (de) m
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: tolvajkulcs (hu), álkulcs (hu)
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 親鍵 (oyakagi)
Macedonian: калауз m (kalauz)
Malay: kunci induk
Manx: ard-ogher f
Portuguese: chave mestra (pt) f
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: llave maestra f
Swedish: huvudnyckel (sv) c
Tagalog: liyabe-maestra
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

skeleton key

Anagrams

keymaster, keystream, stream key

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