overhead locker

Meaning

This term refers to the storage compartment located above the passenger seats on an airplane or train. It is used to store carry-on bags, jackets, and other small personal items during a journey. While 'overhead locker' is standard in British English, American English speakers usually call it an 'overhead bin.'

Examples

• Could you please help me put my suitcase into the overhead locker?

  Could you please help me put my suitcase into the overhead locker?

• The flight attendant asked everyone to close their overhead locker before takeoff.

  The flight attendant asked everyone to close their overhead locker before takeoff.

• There was no space left in the overhead locker, so I had to put my bag under the seat.

  There was no space left in the overhead locker, so I had to put my bag under the seat.

• Please make sure your heavy items are not stored in the overhead locker for safety reasons.

  Please make sure your heavy items are not stored in the overhead locker for safety reasons.

• I opened the overhead locker to grab my book once the seatbelt sign was turned off.

  I opened the overhead locker to grab my book once the seatbelt sign was turned off.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Put your bag in the up locker.

  ✓ Put your bag in the overhead locker.

  'Up locker' is a literal translation from other languages; the correct English term is 'overhead locker' or 'overhead bin.'

• ✗ The overhead locker is full of bags.

  ✓ The overhead lockers are full of bags.

  Use the plural form 'lockers' when referring to multiple compartments across the plane.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Excuse me, is there any space left in the ___ above my seat?

  💡 The compartment above you on a plane.

  Show answer

  overhead locker

• Please keep the ___ closed during taxi, takeoff, and landing.

  💡 The storage space above passengers' heads.

  Show answer

  overhead locker