Usually means: Key for entering home independently.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word latchkey:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. latchkey: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. latchkey: Merriam-Webster
  3. latchkey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. latchkey: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. latchkey: Collins English Dictionary
  6. latchkey: Vocabulary.com
  7. latchkey: Wordnik
  8. latchkey: Wiktionary
  9. latchkey: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. latchkey: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. latchkey: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Latchkey, latchkey: Dictionary.com
  13. Latchkey, The Latchkey: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Latchkey: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. latchkey: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. latchkey: Rhymezone
  17. Latchkey: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. latchkey: FreeDictionary.org
  19. latchkey: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. latchkey: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. latchkey: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. latchkey: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See latchkeys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A key, especially to an outside door.
adjective:  Equipped with a key; generally in the phrase latchkey kid.
verb:  (transitive) To open something by means of a latchkey.
noun:  Short for latchkey kid. [(informal) A schoolchild who carries keys to their residence because there is usually no parent home when school finishes.]

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