locker
(lɒkəʳ )
Word forms: lockers
countable noun
A locker is a small metal or wooden cupboard with a lock, where you can put your personal possessions, for example in a school, place of work, or sports club.
Synonyms: safe, cabinet, cupboard, compartment
Image of locker
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Idioms:
have one shot in your locker
to have only one thing left that you can do in order to achieve success so that, if this fails, you will have to give up
They had one hope left – one shot in their locker – an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Collocations:
storage locker
Somewhere in a storage locker are suitcases.
Times, Sunday Times
It was stolen from his home in 2000, before being found in a storage locker earlier this year.
The Sun
These may be attached to the inside frame of the window exit, or located in a nearby storage locker.
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He got a storage locker instead, since he stayed in hotels and was on the road 300 days a year.
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The fire itself was confined to a storage locker in the engine room.
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Translations:
Chinese: 锁柜
Japanese: ロッカー
- ascent
- ascertain
- ascertain exactly
- ascertain the cause of
- ascertain the extent of
- ascertain the facts
- ascertain the truth
- ascetic
- asceticism
- ascetic life
- ascetic lifestyle
- as clear as a bell
- as cool as a cucumber
- ascorbic acid
- ascribe
- as different as chalk and cheese
- as distinct from
- a sea change
- as early as
- a second bite at the cherry
- a second wind
- a security blanket
- a seller's market
- as ever
- asexual