locker

Everyday

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 →

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.