Term Gallery logo

Meanings of passe-partout in English

Catalan
clau mestra
Spanish
maestra

Key that secures entrance everywhere.

clau mestra
Synonyms
Examples for "master"
Examples for "master"
1
A good alternative to the master's can be a year in industry.
The Guardian
2
The chisel work, the fine detail, the work of a master artisan.
Map of bones
3
As a result, the slave will contain different data than the master.
High performance mysql, 2nd edition
4
The West fears Iran wants to master technology to build nuclear weapons.
The Irish Times
5
Unfortunately going beyond certain limits he has surpassed his master, he said.
Radio NZ
1
I came into the closed book room, using the passkey I had.
Getting old is tres dangereux
2
The door was opened with a passkey and Paul confronted the party.
Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
3
Gold was the only passkey to justice, to preferment, or to power.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
4
He used a passkey, took one look, and he's still crying, Debs said.
Dexter’s Final Cut
5
The sheriff located a passkey on a pegboard beside the mailboxes.
Phantoms
1
His master key gave him access to all the flats and bedsits.
The Irish Times
2
Sarah opened her door, pulled out the master key, and pocketed it.
The Big U
3
Asked what she wanted, she says the master key card, crazy bitch.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
4
Mitch hesitated, then used his master key to enter Lisa's room.
Down river
5
She dispatched a porter with a master key to follow Lee to the room.
Silent screams
Usage of passe-partout in English
1
There is an exquisite ivory-type of Marjorie, in passe-partout, on the drawing room mantel-piece.
Marjorie Daw
2
That passe-partout, called the fashion, has made them fly open-and what do you think was that fashion?
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
3
It is set in an oval passe-partout, and requires only a glass over it to fit it for placing on a wall.
Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 27, October 1, 1870
4
The walls, papered in tan with a deep brown border, were dotted with passe-partouted prints, both in color and black and white.
Jane Allen, Right Guard
Translations for passe-partout