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lock·er

(lŏk′ər)

1. One that locks: a locker of windows and doors.

2. A small, usually metal compartment that can be locked, especially one at a gymnasium or public place for the safekeeping of clothing and valuables.

3. A flat trunk for storage.

4. A heavily insulated refrigerated cabinet, compartment, or room for storing frozen foods.

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locker

(ˈlɒkə)

a. a small compartment or drawer that may be locked, as one of several in a gymnasium, etc, for clothes and valuables

b. (as modifier): a locker room.

2. a person or thing that locks

3. US and Canadian a refrigerated compartment for keeping frozen foods, esp one rented in an establishment

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lock•er

(ˈlɒk ər)

n.

1. a chest, compartment, or closet in which clothing and valuables may be locked for safekeeping.

2. a large, typically room-size compartment, as in a cold-storage plant, for keeping frozen foods.

3. a person or thing that locks.

[1375–1425]

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Noun	1.	locker - a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock storage locker, cabinet compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area glory hole, lazaretto - a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship locker room - a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions
	2.	locker - a fastener that locks or closes fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
	3.	locker - a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) footlocker trunk - luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage

locker

noun safe, cabinet, cupboard, compartment The stolen items were found in his locker at work.

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taquilla

locker

[ˈlɒkəʳ]

A. N → cajón m con llave; (for left luggage) → casillero m (de consigna), consigna f automática (US) → cámara f de frío; [of gymnasium] → taquilla f

B. CPD locker room N → vestuario m

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lock¹

(lok) noun

1. a mechanism for fastening doors etc. He put the key in the lock.cerradura

2. a closed part of a canal for raising or lowering boats to a higher or lower part of the canal. esclusa

3. the part of a gun by which it is fired. percusor

4. a tight hold (in wrestling etc). llave

verb

to fasten or become fastened with a lock. She locked the drawer; This door doesn't lock.cerrar con llave

ˈlocker noun

a small cupboard, especially for sports equipment. cajón con llave

ˈlocket (-kit) noun

a little ornamental case hung round the neck. a gold locket containing a piece of his hair.medallón, guardapelo

ˈlocksmith noun

a person who makes and mends locks. cerrajero

lock in

to prevent from getting out of a building etc by using a lock. She found she was locked in, and had to climb out of the window.encerrar

lock out

to prevent from getting into a building etc by using a lock. Don't lock yourself out (of the house) by forgetting to take your key with you. cerrar la puerta

lock up

1. to confine or prevent from leaving or being taken away by using a lock. to lock up a prisoner / one's jewellery.cerrar con llave

2. to lock whatever should be locked. He locked up and left the shop about 5.30 p.m.cerrar con llave

locker

→ taquilla

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

Which locker is mine? → أَيْنَ خِزانُتي؟ → Která skříňka je moje? → Hvilket skab er mit? → Welches ist mein Schließfach? → ¿Cuál es mi casillero? → Mikä lokero on minun? → Quel est mon casier ? → Koji pretinac je moj? → Qual è il mio armadietto? → Welk kluisje is van mij? → Hvilket skap er mitt? → Która szafka jest moja? → Qual é meu armário? → Где мой шкафчик? → Vilket skåp är mitt? → Hangi dolap benim? → 哪个锁柜是我的？

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Then he got up, paddled about, rearranged the ballast bags on the floor, watched the clouds for a time, and turned over the maps on the locker. Bert liked maps, and he spent some time in trying to find one of France or the Channel; but they were all British ordnance maps of English counties.

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They're in the bottom locker;" and he tossed me a key.

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MY BELOVED MAKAR ALEXIEVITCH,--So eager am I to do something that will please and divert you in return for your care, for your ceaseless efforts on my behalf--in short, for your love for me-- that I have decided to beguile a leisure hour for you by delving into my locker, and extracting thence the manuscript which I send you herewith.

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And I did not let him off a single item; mate's room, pantry, storerooms, the very sail locker which was also under the poop--he had to look into them all.

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We selected a stateroom forward of the wheel, on the starboard side, "below decks." It bad two berths in it, a dismal dead-light, a sink with a washbowl in it, and a long, sumptuously cushioned locker, which was to do service as a sofa--partly-- and partly as a hiding place for our things.

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Natalie seated herself on a locker. The tea, sugar, and spices were at her back, a side of bacon swung over her head, and a net full of lemons dangled before her face.

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For aught I know he has gone to sea once more on his chest, and may land to bother some people on the other side of the world; though it's a thousand pities," added he, "if he has gone to Davy Jones's[1] locker, that he had not left his own locker[2] behind him."

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I pulled up three or four of the bottom boards, got a couple of buckets from a locker, and by unmistakable sign-language invited them to fall to.

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Frank opened his locker. At the same moment the silence of the snowy waste outside was broken by a shouting of voices hailing the hut--" Sea-mew , ahoy!"

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The man's swum off," drawled out Hollis from the locker. "Look at him!"

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the sail-needles are in the green locker! Don't whale it too much a' Lord's days, men; but don't miss a fair chance either, that's rejecting Heaven's good gifts.

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Down in the bottom of a deep locker he found a dozen bottles of angelica and muscatel.

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