locker

«locker» in Mova's school dictionary: a small cupboard with a door and a lock, at school, in a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (locker, lockers)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) A locker room is a room where people change clothes before and after sport. tree →

sense 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 →
• Each locker holds 3 books. tree →
• Locker 17 is open. tree →
• How many lockers in all? tree →
• I keep my gym bag in my locker. tree →
• She forgot the code for her locker. tree →
• Put your shoes in a locker before you swim. tree →
• The team met in the locker room after the game. tree →
• Do not share your locker combination. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• In the locker: «biscuits, potted lobster, sardines».
• An older boy grabbed Sam's arm by the lockers and squeezed hard, and wouldn't let go.
• There are guards, lockers and plastic chairs bolted to the floor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «locker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.