What does Locker mean?

Definitions for Locker
ˈlɒk ərlock·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cabinet, locker, storage lockernoun

    a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

  2. lockernoun

    a fastener that locks or closes

  3. footlocker, lockernoun

    a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)

Wiktionary

  1. lockernoun

    A type of storage compartment with a lock usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books.

    The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.

  2. lockernoun

    One who locks something.

    The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.

  3. Etymology: From lock (+ -er) from loc, from lukan. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lockernoun

    Any thing that is closed with a lock; a drawer.

    Etymology: from lock.

    I made lockers or drawers at the end of the boat. R. Crusoe.

Wikipedia

  1. Locker

    A locker is a small, usually narrow storage compartment. They are commonly found in dedicated cabinets, very often in large numbers, in various public places such as locker rooms, workplaces, elementary schools,middle and high schools, transport hubs and the like. They vary in size, purpose, construction, and security.

ChatGPT

  1. locker

    A locker is a type of storage compartment, usually rectangular in shape and secured with a lock, used for storing personal belongings, valuables or materials. They can be found in schools, workplaces, gyms, sports centres, and many other public or private locations. They come in various sizes and designs, some standalone units while others are grouped in rows or blocks.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lockernoun

    one who, or that which, locks

  2. Lockernoun

    a drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock

Wikidata

  1. Locker

    A locker is a small, usually narrow storage compartment. They are commonly found in dedicated cabinets, very often in large numbers, in various public places such as locker rooms, workplaces, middle and high schools, transport hub and the like. They vary in size, purpose, construction, and security.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. locker

    A receptacle below deck for containing the chain-cable, which is passed thither through the deck-pipe.

  2. locker

    Divisions in cabins and store-rooms.--Boatswain's locker. A chest in small craft wherein material for working upon rigging is kept.--Chain-locker or chain-well, where the chain-cables are kept; best abreast the main-mast, as central weight, but often before the fore-mast.--Davy Jones' locker. The bottom of the sea, where nothing is lost, because you know where it is.--Shot-lockers, near the pump-well in the hold. Also, the receptacle round the coamings of hatchways.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LOCKER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Locker is ranked #10987 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Locker surname appeared 2,894 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Locker.

    89.1% or 2,581 total occurrences were White.
    6% or 176 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 62 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 41 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 19 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Locker in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Locker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Locker in a Sentence

  1. Jim Jordan:

    Conversations in a locker room are a lot different than people coming up and talking about abuse.

  2. Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan:

    Conversations in a locker room are a lot different than people coming up and talking about abuse, no one ever reported any abuse to me. If they had, I would have dealt with it what bothers me the most guys saying these things I know they know the truth. I know they do.

  3. Donald Trump:

    Just go into the locker room. I think in many respects that's worse. Isn't that worse than not standing?

  4. Zac Taylor:

    I think the other players in the locker room, my sons, you know, they probably could describe it better than I can. I could n’t pull off, you know, the things that he wears. And that’s just, there’s no way that I ’m hip enough to do that, but Joe Burrow can do it.

  5. Indianapolis Colts:

    I’ve never been through a transaction or a roster move, which is commonplace and day-to-day for the majority of the locker room, so it was a different week, it was a different experience.

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