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locker

locker

14 3.3
A secure online space for storing digital files like documents or passwords
  • noun
  • /ˈlɑːkər/
  • Texting
translation icon : bóveda
  • In Seattle, New York, and the United Kingdom, the firm has set up automated "lockers" in drug stores and convenience stores.
  • storage locker
  • cloud lockers

Examples

  • Each student has a personal locker where they can store their school supplies and books.

  • "The learners use smart cards to register attendance, open their digital lockers, and track calories they consume."

    Academic text (2006)
  • It's like your personal locker, you know?

    Fiction book (1994)
  • To get it to a more secure locker downtown.

  • It's all in a locker in Penn Station.

  • I want a $100 gift card deposited into my locker by noon tomorrow.

  • The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.

    Blog text (15)
  • I upload all my important documents to my locker so I can access them anytime.

  • After registering, you will receive a link to access your digital locker and store your files securely.

Synonyms

vault
vslocker
238 4.8

A strong locked room or digital place for keeping valuable things safe

is strictly an online storage accessed via apps or websites for digital files
lockbox
vslocker
  • US
14 5.8

A strong metal box that is often kept at a bank to hold valuable things safely

is for online digital files accessed through websites or apps rather than physical goods

Idioms

1 9.9

The bottom of the sea where sailors and things lost at sea rest

Compounds

145 1.6

A room in a gym or workplace where people change clothes and keep personal things safe

A small locked box in a public place for keeping personal things

locker-room
  • Offensive
7 7.9

Rude and rough talk or behaviour among sports players in a changing room

locker room humor
  • Offensive
1 8.4

Rude jokes about sex that people say privately, often among men

cockpit locker
  • Specialized
8.2

A large storage compartment under cockpit seats on a boat for storing things like life jackets

How Secure

keychain
  • Specialized
1 3.9
locker
  • Texting
14 3.3
to Dropbox
  • Texting
3.8
virtual storage
  • Texting
3.6

Surface Forms

locker singular
lockers plural

Morphology

locker = lock (semi-transparent) = lock + er

The digital meaning is a metaphorical extension of a physical locker, so the form is clear but the sense is more specialized.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the online locker is to think of it as a digital version of a physical locker, a 'safe place' for your items on the web. So an online locker is just a secure storage space you can open and use from anywhere.