locker
/ˈlɒkə
/noun
1A small lockable cupboard or compartment, typically as one of a number placed together for public use, e.g. in schools or railway stations.We went to our lockers, conveniently close together, to get what we needed and whatnot....
- Get a small locker or a lockable dresser for your personal things that you don't want to share.
- Around each bed was a light, curtain screens, a locker and a cupboard.
1.1A chest or compartment on a ship or boat for clothes, stores, equipment, or ammunition.The third hit the base of the mainmast, causing a fire in the 4in ready-use ammunition lockers....
- There is a V-berth cabin forward followed by a head to port and hanging lockers to starboard.
- The anchor windlass is located in a foredeck locker to keep it out of the way when not needed.
Synonyms
cupboard, cabinet, chest, safe, box, case, coffer;
compartment, storeroom, storage room
2A device that locks something.
Origin
Late Middle English: probably related to Flemish loker.
Rhymes
- psychodramatist
- psychodynamic
- psychodynamically
- psychodynamics
- psychodysleptic
- psychoeconomic
- psycho-educational
- psycho-emotional
- psychoendocrine
- psychoendocrinologic
- psychoendocrinological
- psychoendocrinologist
- psychoendocrinology
- psycho-esthetic
- psycho-esthetics
- psycho-ethical
- psychogalvanic
- psychogalvanometer
- psychogalvanometric
- psychogenesis
- psychogenetical
- psychogenetically
- psychogeneticist
- psychogenetics
- psychogenic