locker
Meanings
Plural: lockers
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)
- 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.
- A lockable cubicle.
- A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.
- One who locks something.
- A locking differential.
- A customs officer who guards a warehouse.
- A closet.
Origin / Etymology
From lock (lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix)) from Old English loc (“fastening, enclosure”), from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.
Synonyms
cabinet, footlocker, storage locker
Scrabble Score: 12
locker is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordlocker is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
locker is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
locker is a valid Words With Friends word