locket

[lok-it]

noun

1. a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.

2. the uppermost mount of a scabbard.

locket

/ ˈlɒkɪt /

noun

1. a small ornamental case, usually on a necklace or chain, that holds a picture, keepsake, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of locket¹

1325–75; Middle English lokat cross-bar in a framework < Anglo-French loquet, diminutive of loc latch < Middle English. See lock ¹, -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of locket¹

C17: from French loquet latch, diminutive of loc _lock ¹

Example Sentences

But Mira loves it anyway and also has a special gift for Violet — a locket with a violet inside.

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Between chatting nervously with my daughter and navigating the roads, it occurred to me that I’d forgotten my grandmother’s brass heart-shaped locket.

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“The way Nick forges his metals is special,” said Kevin Napoli, who purchased two of Berkofsky’s kitchen knives and a pair of cremation lockets for him and his son to carry his father’s ashes.

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He did not say to whom the locket belonged.

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The necklace and locket you gave your daughter for Christmas?

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