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locker - 4 dictionary results

lock⋅er

[lok-er]
–noun
1. a chest, drawer, compartment, closet, or the like, that may be locked, esp. one at a gymnasium, school, etc. for storage and safekeeping of clothing and valuables.
2. Nautical. a chest or compartment in which to stow things.
3. a refrigerated compartment, as in a locker plant, that may be rented for storing frozen foods.
4. a person or thing that locks.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME loker. See lock 1 , -er 1
lock·er   (lŏk'ər)   
n.  
  1. One that locks: a locker of windows and doors.
  2. A small, usually metal compartment that can be locked, especially one at a gymnasium or public place for the safekeeping of clothing and valuables.
  3. A flat trunk for storage.
  4. A heavily insulated refrigerated cabinet, compartment, or room for storing frozen foods.

Locker

Lock"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, locks.

2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.

Chain locker (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables.

Davy Jones's locker, or Davy's locker. See Davy Jones.

Shot locker, a compartment where shot are deposited. --Totten.
Language Translation for : locker
Spanish: cajón con llave,
German: der Spind,
Japanese: ロッカー

locker

see Davy Jones's locker.

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