locker room
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈlɑːkər ruːm/
- US
:
vestuario
- After the match, players often gather in the locker room to discuss their performance.
- changing in the locker room
- gym locker room
- school locker rooms
Who stays inside a gym locker room so long that they could get locked in?
- Who stays inside a gym locker room so long that they could get locked in?
- That was a very toxic locker room where they we still had success.
- So it wasn't just that I was a pre adolescent sharing a locker room with adolescent boys.
- And it was my first exposure to professional sports locker room too.
- That's why we don't understand because our whole life we've grown up in locker rooms.
- This dude walked into the locker room just fucking jawing at it.
- But let's talk about the locker room guy, the teammate.
- I just talked to these niggas in the locker room, huh?
- Add to it, we're in the locker room or like parts gone.
- And these girls, too, were forced to change in a locker room with this intact young man.
Examples
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I waited for him outside the men's locker room while he changed into his golf clothes.
Fiction book (1997) -
The only thing that surprised me about the locker room was how small it seemed.
Fiction book (1996) -
So we, we were in this little locker room before our second game.
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You probably just left them in the locker room.
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I'll miss the locker rooms.
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Girls were then directed to go into the locker room in pairs.
Academic text (2003) -
Some team captains will never stand up in the locker room to make a speech.
Academic text (2006) -
Lastly, return your locker room key to the front desk and be on your way.
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Monty came walking out of the locker room at the far end of the gym.
Fiction book (1993) -
Anyway, I dashed into the locker room to get some stuff I'd left the night before.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.8
A room where people change clothes, for example in a shop or theatre
A room for women to change clothes, freshen up or leave coats and bags
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a room containing lockers for changing/storing belongings' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'locker' (a lockable compartment) with 'room' (an indoor space). This noun‑noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistically familiar compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Locker room gives a simple picture: a locker is a small box for your things and a room is the space where many boxes are kept. People go there to 'change clothes' and to 'keep their things', so locker room now means the place in a gym, sports place, or workplace for changing and storing belongings.