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# 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 →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [In the locker: «biscuits, potted lobster, sardines».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/30/)
- [An older boy grabbed Sam's arm by the lockers and squeezed hard, and wouldn't let go.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/377-self-defence-or-just-stupid/0/)
- [There are guards, lockers and plastic chairs bolted to the floor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/28/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «locker» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.