Safe facts for kids
The word safe has more than one meaning.
- Safe is the state a person or object is in when they are not in danger.
- In the sport of baseball, a player is safe after he gets to a base without being touched by another player with the baseball.
- A safe is a place where people put important things to protect them from fire, theft, or both. A safe is usually a box-shaped container with a lock (although safes designed to protect from fire only sometimes don't have a lock). It is usually heavy and made of a strong substance such as steel. It is designed to resist attack from crowbars, hammers, drills, and other tools.
Images for kids
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A typical home safe, which is portable. This type of safe provides protection against fire only, not burglary.
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Australian Made CMI H2D Home Safe With La Gard 3750 Digital Electronic Lock. An example of a basic home safe with 12 mm steel door & 6mm steel case that can be bolted to a concrete floor
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The Chubb Building, Fryer Street, in Wolverhampton
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Strongbox multiple locking mechanism
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A reinforced, fireproof cabinet for dangerous chemicals
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Safe- iron with bronze decorations, including appliques heads of deities arranged in a row, found in Pompeii, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples
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18th century sealable cashbox, sometimes called a barrel safe (Finnish customs service museum in Susisaari, Suomenlinna
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A hotel safe. It is secured to the wall, which makes it useful for protecting valuables against theft.
See also
In Spanish: Caja fuerte para niños
