locker
Syllables: lock·er/ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈlɑ.kɚ/
locker noun: a type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.
Noun
locker (plural lockers)
- A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.
- The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
- This was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it. But this is locker room talk.2016 October 8, Donald J. Trump, “Donald J. Trump’s Apology for Vulgar Comments”, in The New York Times
- A lockable cubicle.
- She was afraid to come out of the locker.
- A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.
- One who locks something.
- The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.
- A locking differential.
- A customs officer who guards a warehouse.
- The actual delivery of the goods is then effected by any person bearing an order from the importer, called a merchant's order, and addressed to the warehouse-keeper, upon the presentment of which the warehouseman delivers the goods, having previously obtained the signature of the locker to it as a...1845, Reports of cases argued and determined in the courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber, volume 12
- A closet.
- An online storage service for files.
- Then there are online service providers (OSPs), which might provide you with a message board, a blogging system, a video-hosting service, a file locker, an instant-messaging system, or an email box.2014, Cory Doctorow, Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
Proper noun capitalized: Locker
Locker (plural Lockers)
- A surname.
locker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
locker in Hindi
- storage compartment
- लाकर lākar, कपाट kapāṭ
locker in Tamil
- நிலைப்பெட்டி, பாதுகாப்புப் பெட்டகம், பூட்டுடன் கூடிய நிலை அடுக்கு, பூட்டுடை நிலைப் பெட்டி, பெட்டகம், பூட்டு
locker in Marathi
- लॉकर, लाॅकर
locker in Urdu
- چھوٹی الماری
More languagesFewer languages
- locker in Bengali
- লকার lokar
- locker in Telugu
- లాకర్, లాకరు
- locker in Malayalam
- താഴിട്ടു പൂട്ടാവുന്ന പെട്ടി, താഴിട്ടു പൂട്ടുന്നവൻ, പൂട്ടുളള അറകൾ
- locker in Kannada
- ಭದ್ರ ಕಪಾಟು, ಲಾಕರು, ಬೀಗಮುದ್ರೆ ಹಾಕಿರುವ ಗೂಡು, ಬೀಗದ ಗೂಡು
- locker in Punjabi
- ਲਾੱਕਰ, ਲਾਕਰ, ਲੌਕਰ
- locker in Gujarati
- લોકર, લૉકર
- locker in Odia
- ଲକର, ଲକର୍, ଲକାର
- locker in Nepali
- लकर
- locker in Thai
- ตู้ฝากของ
- locker in Vietnamese
- tủ khóa
Examples of locker in a sentence
- He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
- I was once tricked into believing I had left my phone in the locker.
- The team sat dejected in the locker room after their loss.
Synonyms of locker
Forms of locker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lockers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Lockers |
Origin of locker
From lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). Related to German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.
* As an English surname, from the noun locker. Compare Lock. * Also as an English surname, variant of Luker. * As an Austrian German surname Löcker, nickname for a buffoon, from Middle High German lecken (“to kick, jump”), of obscure origin, but compare Latin locusta (“grasshopper”) or Old English læccan (“to seize”). * As a Slovene surname, Americanized/Germanized from Lokar, from loka (“water meadow”), from Proto-Slavic *lǫka. Compare Loker.
Words formed from locker
Phrases with locker
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Questions about locker
- What does locker mean?
- Locker means a type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.
- What is locker in Hindi?
- Locker in Hindi is लाकर (lākar), कपाट (kapāṭ). See Locker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is locker?
- Locker can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce locker?
- Locker is pronounced /ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of locker?
- The plural of locker is lockers.
Words near locker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: locker (page history and authors); Locker (page history and authors); locker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); locker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locker (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); লকার (Bengali) (page history and authors); locker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locker (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); locker (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); locker (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); locker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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