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locker

[ lok-er ]

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.
  3. a refrigerated compartment, as in a locker plant, that may be rented for storing frozen foods.
  4. a person or thing that locks.
  5. Digital Technology. music locker.


locker

/ ˈ±ôÉ’°ìÉ™ /

noun

    1. a small compartment or drawer that may be locked, as one of several in a gymnasium, etc, for clothes and valuables
    2. ( as modifier )

      a locker room

  1. a person or thing that locks
  2. a refrigerated compartment for keeping frozen foods, esp one rented in an establishment
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of locker1

First recorded in 1375–1425, locker is from the late Middle English word loker. See lock 1, -er 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see Davy Jones's locker .
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SPOKANE, Wash. — The tenacious freshman stared ahead blankly, her eyes welling with tears, the losing USC locker room silent around her.

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The truth was few outside of the Trojans’ locker room knew what they were capable of without JuJu Watkins, whose season-ending anterior cruciate ligament tear loomed large over the entire tournament.

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The Bruins often recalled the empty feeling in last year’s locker room as motivation to improve this season.

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Watkins was carried to the locker room, and an MRI revealed that she sustained a torn ACL, according to a person familiar with the diagnosis not authorized to discuss it publicly.

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The bitter emotions she felt sitting on the training table in UCLA’s locker room in Albany, N.Y., while processing yet another Sweet 16 loss.

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