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locker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlɑ.kɚ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈlɔk.ə(ɹ)/ (Australia)
  • /ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.
    • 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:
    • The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
    • Neo Hutiri is the creator of Pelebox, a system of internet-enabled lockers that dispense medication for chronic conditions to patients, helping to cut down queues and ease pressure on hospital resources. 2024 February 1, Nell Lewis, “South African innovator’s medicine-dispensing lockers win prestigious prize”, in CNN:
  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.
  4. (rare) One who locks something.
    • The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.
  5. A locking differential.
  6. (historical) 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 proof that the duties have been paid […] 1845, Reports of cases argued and determined in the courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber, volume 12:
  7. (Louisiana) A closet.
  8. 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:

Forms

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Deriveds

foot locker · lockerman · clasp locker · chain locker · Davey Jones' locker · Davy's locker · parcel locker · shot in one's locker · hurt locker · cyberlocker · shot in the locker · locker loop · dip locker · threadlocker · Davy Jones's locker · Davy Jones' locker · locker room · cryptolocker

Relateds

chest · lockbox · trunk

Synonyms

footlocker (storage compartment)

Translations (45)

fi kaappi (storage compartment) · eo ŝranketo (storage compartment) · pl bakista (storage compartment) · hu öltözőszekrény (storage compartment) · da skab (storage compartment) · es casillero (storage compartment) · vi tủ khóa (storage compartment) · ru шка́фчик (storage compartment) · no skap (storage compartment) · th ตู้ฝากของ (storage compartment) · es armario (storage compartment) · uk ша́фка (storage compartment) · es locker (storage compartment) · cmn 鎖櫃 /锁柜 (storage compartment) · ru я́щик (storage compartment) · es taquilla (storage compartment) · hy պահարան (storage compartment) · fi lokero (storage compartment) · af sluitkas (storage compartment) · eo ŝranko (storage compartment) · fr casier m consigne automatique (storage compartment) · pt escaninho (storage compartment) · ca armari (storage compartment) · ca caseller (storage compartment) · it armadietto (storage compartment) · de Schließfach (storage compartment) · hi कपाट (storage compartment) · ca armariet (storage compartment) · pt cacifo (storage compartment) · fi lukkolokero (storage compartment) · ru рунду́к (storage compartment) · he תָּא (storage compartment) · fi lukkokaappi (storage compartment) · bg шкафче (storage compartment) · mi rokara (storage compartment) · yue 儲物櫃 /储物柜 (storage compartment) · eo ŝlosujo (storage compartment) · tr dolap (storage compartment) · hi लाकर (storage compartment) · de Spind (storage compartment) · hu szekrény (storage compartment) · ja 戸棚 (storage compartment) · ja ロッカー (storage compartment) · hu fach (storage compartment) · pt armário (storage compartment)