master key

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Noun

master key (plural master keys)

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

Translations

key that opens 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

tool that can solve many types of difficulty

Chinese:  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can  Finnish: yleistyökalu  French: passe-partout (fr) m, passepartout (fr) m

shotgun shell

Chinese:  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can  Finnish: patruuna oven avaamiseen  French: please add this translation if you can

See also

• skeleton key

Anagrams

• keymaster, keystream, stream key