name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
locker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/
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General-American: /ˈlɑ.kɚ/
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Australian: /ˈlɔk.ə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɒkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: L AA1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
A lockable cubicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She was afraid to come out of the locker.
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noun
Meaning 4
A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
One who locks something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Examples
- The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.
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noun
Meaning 6
A locking differential.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Meaning 7
A customs officer who guards a warehouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 8
A closet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Louisiana
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noun
Meaning 9
An online storage service for files.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cabinet, storage locker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compartment
Narrower terms: glory hole, lazaretto
noun
Meaning 11
a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: footlocker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trunk
noun
Meaning 12
a fastener that locks or closes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
History
Etymology
* 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.
From lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). Related to German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: sluitkas — storage compartment
- Armenian: պահարան (paharan) — storage compartment
- Bulgarian: шкафче (škafče) — storage compartment
- Catalan: armari — storage compartment
- Catalan: caseller — storage compartment
- Catalan: armariet — storage compartment
- Chinese Mandarin: 鎖櫃 /锁柜 (suǒguì) — storage compartment
- Danish: skab — storage compartment
- Esperanto: ŝlosujo — storage compartment
- Esperanto: ŝranko — storage compartment
- Esperanto: ŝranketo — storage compartment
- Finnish: lukkokaappi — storage compartment
- Finnish: kaappi — storage compartment
- Finnish: lukkolokero — storage compartment
- Finnish: lokero — storage compartment
- French: casier m consigne automatique — storage compartment
- German: Spind — storage compartment
- German: Schließfach — storage compartment
- Hebrew: תָּא (ta) — storage compartment
- Hindi: लाकर (lākar) — storage compartment
- Hindi: कपाट (kapāṭ) — storage compartment
- Hungarian: szekrény — storage compartment
- Hungarian: öltözőszekrény — storage compartment
- Hungarian: fach — storage compartment
- Italian: armadietto — storage compartment
- Japanese: 戸棚 (todana) — storage compartment
- Japanese: ロッカー (rokkā) — storage compartment
- Māori: rokara — storage compartment
- Norwegian: skap — storage compartment
- Polish: bakista — storage compartment
- Portuguese: armário — storage compartment
- Portuguese: cacifo — storage compartment
- Portuguese: escaninho — storage compartment
- Russian: шка́фчик (škáfčik) — storage compartment
- Russian: я́щик (jáščik) — storage compartment
- Russian: рунду́к (rundúk) — storage compartment
- Spanish: armario — storage compartment
- Spanish: casillero — storage compartment
- Spanish: locker — storage compartment
- Spanish: taquilla — storage compartment
- Thai: ตู้ฝากของ — storage compartment
- Turkish: dolap — storage compartment
- Ukrainian: ша́фка (šáfka) — storage compartment
- Vietnamese: tủ khóa — storage compartment
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