locker
See also: Locker
English
Etymology
From lock (lock + -er) from Old English loc (“fastening, enclosure”), from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒkə(r)
Noun
locker (plural lockers)
- A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books.
- The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
- (rare) One who locks something.
- The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.
- (automotive) A locking differential.
- (historical) A customs officer who guards a warehouse.
- 1845, Reports of cases argued and determined in the courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber (volume 12)
- 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)
Synonyms
- (storage compartment): footlocker
Derived terms
Translations
storage compartment
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German
Pronunciation
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Declension
Positive forms of locker
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist locker | sie ist locker | es ist locker | sie sind locker | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | lockerer | lockere | lockeres | lockere |
genitive | lockeren | lockerer | lockeren | lockerer | |
dative | lockerem | lockerer | lockerem | lockeren | |
accusative | lockeren | lockere | lockeres | lockere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der lockere | die lockere | das lockere | die lockeren |
genitive | des lockeren | der lockeren | des lockeren | der lockeren | |
dative | dem lockeren | der lockeren | dem lockeren | den lockeren | |
accusative | den lockeren | die lockere | das lockere | die lockeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein lockerer | eine lockere | ein lockeres | (keine) lockeren |
genitive | eines lockeren | einer lockeren | eines lockeren | (keiner) lockeren | |
dative | einem lockeren | einer lockeren | einem lockeren | (keinen) lockeren | |
accusative | einen lockeren | eine lockere | ein lockeres | (keine) lockeren |
Comparative forms of locker
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist lockerer | sie ist lockerer | es ist lockerer | sie sind lockerer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | lockererer | lockerere | lockereres | lockerere |
genitive | lockereren | lockererer | lockereren | lockererer | |
dative | lockererem | lockererer | lockererem | lockereren | |
accusative | lockereren | lockerere | lockereres | lockerere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der lockerere | die lockerere | das lockerere | die lockereren |
genitive | des lockereren | der lockereren | des lockereren | der lockereren | |
dative | dem lockereren | der lockereren | dem lockereren | den lockereren | |
accusative | den lockereren | die lockerere | das lockerere | die lockereren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein lockererer | eine lockerere | ein lockereres | (keine) lockereren |
genitive | eines lockereren | einer lockereren | eines lockereren | (keiner) lockereren | |
dative | einem lockereren | einer lockereren | einem lockereren | (keinen) lockereren | |
accusative | einen lockereren | eine lockerere | ein lockereres | (keine) lockereren |
Superlative forms of locker
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am lockersten | sie ist am lockersten | es ist am lockersten | sie sind am lockersten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | lockerster | lockerste | lockerstes | lockerste |
genitive | lockersten | lockerster | lockersten | lockerster | |
dative | lockerstem | lockerster | lockerstem | lockersten | |
accusative | lockersten | lockerste | lockerstes | lockerste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der lockerste | die lockerste | das lockerste | die lockersten |
genitive | des lockersten | der lockersten | des lockersten | der lockersten | |
dative | dem lockersten | der lockersten | dem lockersten | den lockersten | |
accusative | den lockersten | die lockerste | das lockerste | die lockersten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein lockerster | eine lockerste | ein lockerstes | (keine) lockersten |
genitive | eines lockersten | einer lockersten | eines lockersten | (keiner) lockersten | |
dative | einem lockersten | einer lockersten | einem lockersten | (keinen) lockersten | |
accusative | einen lockersten | eine lockerste | ein lockerstes | (keine) lockersten |
Synonyms
- (relaxed): entspannt
Antonyms
- (relaxed): verkrampft
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