Definition

Noun: A room, typically found in athletic facilities, gyms, workplaces, or schools, equipped with lockers for the temporary storage of personal belongings and often used as a place to change clothes.

Usage

The term "locker room" refers specifically to the physical space designed for changing and storing items. It is a compound noun where "locker" describes the type of room.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "Locker room talk": An idiom referring to conversations, often of a boastful, crude, or sexually explicit nature, stereotypically associated with the private, male-dominated environment of a sports locker room.
  • The scandal involved recordings of the candidate engaging in offensive locker room talk.

Variants and Related Words

• Locker: (noun) A small, secure compartment or cabinet for personal storage, usually operated with a key or combination lock. This is the key component found within a "locker room."
• Changing room: (noun) A room for changing clothes, which may or may not contain lockers. This is a close synonym but does not inherently imply storage facilities.
• Dressing room: (noun) Often used interchangeably with "changing room," but can also refer to rooms for performers in a theater or studio.

Synonyms

• Changing room
• Changing facility
• Team room (in a specific sports context)

Notes on Meaning

The core meaning is a utilitarian space for changing and storage. Its cultural connotations can extend to notions of privacy, camaraderie among athletes, and, as in the idiom "locker room talk," a space for informal, unrestrained conversation.

Noun

1. a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions