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# locker

noun (locker, lockers)

«locker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A locker is a small cupboard with a door and a lock, at school, in a gym or at a pool, where you keep your things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#m1)
2. A locker room is a room where people change clothes before and after sport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths lockers are things counted in rows, numbered, or holding things: rows × lockers per row gives the total. «Locker 17» is a label, not a quantity. In everyday school life, pupils keep books, coats and lunch in lockers, and remember their combination or key.

### Examples

- The hall has 4 rows of 25 lockers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#x1)
- Each locker holds 3 books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#x2)
- Locker 17 is open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#x3)
- How many lockers in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#x4)
- I keep my gym bag in my locker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#x5)
- She forgot the code for her locker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#x6)
- Put your shoes in a locker before you swim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#x7)
- The team met in the locker room after the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#x8)
- Do not share your locker combination. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#x9)

### Note

Countable. From «lock» + «-er». «Locker room» is common in the USA and Canada; «changing room» in the UK. Maths: rows × lockers per row gives the total. Trap: «locker 17» is a label, not a quantity; there may be more or fewer than 17 lockers.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «locker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«locker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/locker.html) on Mova free.