Meaning

8 senses
  1. 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.

  2. A lockable cubicle.

    She was afraid to come out of the locker.

  3. A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.

    Spind, Schließfach

    шка́фчикškáfčik, я́щикjáščik, рунду́кrundúk

    ша́фкаšáfka

    a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

  4. (rare)One who locks something.

    The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.

    a fastener that locks or closes

  5. A locking differential.

  6. (historical)A customs officer who guards a warehouse.

  7. (Louisiana)A closet.

  8. An online storage service for files.

Examples

267 sentences
  1. Each student has a locker.

    У кожного студента є шкафчик.

    ruУ каждого студента имеется шкафчик.

    deJeder Student hat ein Schließfach.

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  2. Tom slammed the locker door shut.

    deTom schlug die Tür des Schließfachs zu.

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  3. Put your books in your locker.

    ruПоложи свои книги к себе в шкафчик.

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  4. I looked around the locker room.

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  5. Tom looked around the locker room.

    deTom sah sich im Umkleideraum um.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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storage compartment:
Русский
By meaning 1
storage compartment:
Deutsch
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storage compartment:

Origin

From lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). Related to German Loch, Dutch

From lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). Related to German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.

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Forms

plural: lockers
Singularlocker
Plurallockers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
storage compartment:footlocker
Close in meaning
  • a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock:cabinetstorage locker
  • a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks):footlocker

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • the locker room
  • opened his locker
  • locker room
  • locker door
  • locker key

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
locker — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto