KEEPER


Meaning of KEEPER in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

lock keeper

park keeper

wicket keeper

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

lock

This would seem to cover the action of the lock keepers in this case.

John Cryer, the lock keeper , and Tom Mercer, the engine driver, are at the left of the picture.

park

A park keeper was ordered to pay £800 compensation to the owner of a £1,000 model yacht he sank.

Is the future one of being paid park keepers or producers of primary produce?

zoo

The zoo keeper said that the elephant had always been a calm and gentle animal before.

■ VERB

become

In 1544 Cawarden became keeper of the tents.

The archivist must become the keeper of discs as well as the printed and hand-written word.

On 4 October 1406, when Henry's government was at its nadir, he finally became keeper of the Privy Seal.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

finders keepers (losers weepers)

And it's finders keepers, y'know.

The rule for such races is simple: finders keepers.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Demitros is the zoo's head gorilla keeper .

This one's a keeper .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.