locker

[ lok-er ]
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noun
  1. a chest, drawer, compartment, closet, or the like, that may be locked, especially 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.

  1. a refrigerated compartment, as in alocker plant, that may be rented for storing frozen foods.

  2. a person or thing that locks.

  3. Digital Technology. music locker.

Origin of locker

1
First recorded in 1375–1425, locker is from the late Middle English word loker.See lock1, -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for locker

locker

/ (ˈlɒkə) /


noun
    • a small compartment or drawer that may be locked, as one of several in a gymnasium, etc, for clothes and valuables

    • (as modifier): a locker room

  1. a person or thing that locks

  1. US and Canadian a refrigerated compartment for keeping frozen foods, esp one rented in an establishment

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Other Idioms and Phrases with locker

locker

see Davy Jones's locker.

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