How do you use the word "locker" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "locker": Each of the students has his own locker. While swimming in the pool, she lost her locker key.

Locker Meaning

/ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA 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.

nounA lockable cubicle.

Sentence Examples

Each of the students has his own locker.

While swimming in the pool, she lost her locker key.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

cabinet

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

After gym class, he put his clothes in the ____ and locked it with a padlock.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I put my gym bag and my street clothes in my ____ before heading to the pool for my swimming lesson.

Word Origin & History

From lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). Related to German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"This was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it. But this is locker room talk." — 2016 October 8, Donald J. Trump, “Donald J. Trump’s Apology for Vulgar Comments”, in The New York Times:

"Neo Hutiri is the creator of Pelebox, a system of internet-enabled lockers that dispense medication for chronic conditions to patients, helping to cut down queues and ease pressure on hospital resources." — 2024 February 1, Nell Lewis, “South African innovator’s medicine-dispensing lockers win prestigious prize”, in CNN:

"The actual delivery of the goods is then effected by any person bearing an order from the importer, called a merchant's order, and addressed to the warehouse-keeper, upon the presentment of which the warehouseman delivers the goods, having previously obtained the signature of the locker to it as a proof that the duties have been paid […]" — 1845, Reports of cases argued and determined in the courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber, volume 12:

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