Antonyms for locket

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lok-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɒk ɪt

plainness

Definition of locket

Origin : mid-14c., "iron cross-bar of a window," from Old French loquet "door-handle, bolt, latch," diminutive of loc "lock, latch," from Frankish or some other Germanic source (cf. Old Norse lok "fastening, lock;" see lock (n.1)). Meaning "ornamental case with hinged cover" (containing a lock of hair, miniature portrait, etc.) first recorded 1670s.

As in jewelry : noun precious stones, metals worn as decoration
As in necklace : noun chain
As in chain : noun connected metal links; jewelry made of such links

Example sentences :

He put the locket again in its place, and took a letter from his breast-pocket.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

Attached to the watch there was a locket of chased yellow gold.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

I had no idea that it was you from whom the locket had been stolen.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 » by Various

This she laid aside with the locket, closed and locked the drawer.
Extract from : « Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic » by Olive Thorne Miller

I saw him produce the locket and chain at last, and offer them to her.
Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

It seemed a locket, which he wore by a ribbon round his neck.
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

She has a locket as big as a ring, and she cannot have received it from anyone but you.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

She had opened her locket, in which were a number of small, dark-purple crystals.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

Her other hand drew out a locket that was suspended in her bosom.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

"It would have killed me but for a locket and picture in my pocket," returned Frank.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish

Synonyms for locket

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