Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small ornamental case for a picture or keepsake, usually worn as a pendant.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
- n. A little hinged case worn as an ornament, often pendent to a necklace or watchguard, designed to contain a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake.
- n. That part of a sword-scabbard where the hook is fastened, usually a mounting of metal, secured to or inclosing the scabbard at a point much nearer to the mouth than to the chape.
Wiktionary
- n. A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item.
- n. archaic The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
- n. A little case for holding a miniature picture or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace
Etymologies
- From French loquet, from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman loc. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English loket, crossbar, from Old French loquet, latch, diminutive of loc, lock, of Germanic origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The locket is just the right size so that when I put it in the palm of my hand and close my fingers around it, it fills my hand.”
“They both had necklaces and bracelets, ear-rings and brooches; but Polly had no ornament, except the plain locket on a bit of blue velvet.”
“Inside the locket is a picture of Anne and Joseph, who, while having a panic attack, is unable to spell his own name.”
“And so it turns out that RAB really was Regulus Black, and that the locket was the one mentioned in book 5.”
“The locket was the only way I could spirit my message out to you.”
“Yeah, I think the potion around the locket was the Horcrux.”
Just Finished Reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“What you require is the magic locket, which is one of the stray artifacts with imbued talents from the ancient city of Hinge.”
“Her locket was the only thing of any value that she possessed, and no one would want to kill her for the sake of a gold locket when almost every mansion in Mayfair must be loaded down with far costlier jewels.”
“Then you showed me a locket with a picture of your wife inside it, and attached to the locket was the half of a coin.”
“Mr. Benford, one of the proprietors of the house, states that the locket was the property of his sister, who was lost in the flood, and was presented to her by an old lady in Philadelphia, whose mother and herself cut the hair from the head of the "Father of His Country.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘locket’.
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Containers
Stuff that holds other stuff.
cardboard box, jar, filing cabinet, safe deposit box, cupboard, wardrobe, jewel case, briefcase, locker, canopic jar, chest of drawers, paper sack and 208 more...
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Bracket and such
bracket, bucket, cricket, docket, jacket, locket, packet, picket, racket, rocket, socket, sprocket and 17 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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wanderstar's Words
superlative, mulish, mumps, catatonic, aquiline, clandestine, phantasmagoria, chryselephantine, microfiche, mutineer, reprobate, ruthless and 312 more...
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Chainlink's Words
hat, opalescent, opal, emerald, sapphire, scythe, carnival, calliope, brilliant, awesome, feather, fantastic and 268 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (L)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
labyrinth, lace, lad, lady fingers, lagoon, lamb, lament, lammas, lantern, larkspur, lass, lauds and 92 more...
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My Little Ponies
A list of My Little Pony names from the original (G1) collection. 1982-1992
cotton candy, butterscotch, blossom, blue belle, minty, snuzzle, seashell, bubbles, bow tie, applejack, sunbeam, medley and 352 more...
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eloise's Words
embrace, perfect, imagine, dance, water, color, echo, hollow, sorrow, beauty, impossible, violet and 438 more...
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junk drawer
marble, locket, bolt, nut, washer, copper, slug, plug, fuse, twist, string, cord and 55 more...
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Stuffie: Chain Chain Chaaaain....
Words that go hand in glove with chain
fools, events, carbon, loyalty, tire, food, bicycle, key, timing, ball, saw, drive and 47 more...
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the dressing room - jewelry box
crown, gilt, sceptre, circlet, diadem, tiara, alabaster, gold, cat's eye, citrine, zircon, hematite and 47 more...
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container for the thing contained
sundry vessels
-with apologies to James Thurber.samovar, urn, kettle, cauldron, barrel, grail, amphora, creel, butt, flagon, vase, reliquary and 53 more...
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my favorite everyday words
prairie, frosting, eight, pillow, locket, glassy, puppet, gnashed, blush, carousel, volcano, cozy and 13 more...
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