locker
pronunciation
How to pronounce locker in British English:
UK [ˈlɒkə(r)]
How to pronounce locker in American English:
US [ˈlɑːkər]
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- Noun:
- a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
- a fastener that locks or closes
- a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
Word Origin
- locker (n.)
- small chest that can be locked, late 14c., agent noun from Middle English lokken (see lock (v.)). Earlier "a mechanism for locking" (early 14c.).
Example
- 1. All their clothes are in the storage locker .
- 2. I hung posters in my locker , and finally felt like I was at home .
- 3. Amazon 's cloud drive is as straightforward as a cloud service gets : it 's just an online storage locker .
- 4. In his will , dad also left me the contents of his storage locker back in connecticut , full of his clothes from college .
- 5. For instance , people moving house could simply update their address in their data locker , and then let their bank , utilities and other service providers retrieve it .