lobe

«lobe» in Mova's school dictionary: the soft round part at the bottom of your ear — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a lobe, lobes)

meaning for a pupil

1) An earlobe (lobe) is the soft round part at the bottom of your ear. tree →

2) (science) A lobe is a round part of an organ, like the lobes of the brain, the lungs or the liver. tree →

3) A lobe is a rounded part of a leaf or another shape that sticks out. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons pupils learn the brain has lobes (frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital), each doing different jobs, and the right lung has three lobes, the left two. In nature study, oak leaves have rounded lobes. In everyday life, ear piercings are often in the lobe. Phrases: «ear lobe», «frontal lobe».

examples

• She has her ear lobes pierced. tree →
• The frontal lobe of the brain helps us plan. tree →
• The right lung has three lobes. tree →
• Oak leaves have wavy lobes. tree →
• The occipital lobe helps us see. tree →
• My earlobes get cold in winter. tree →

note

Countable: a lobe, lobes. «Earlobe» is usually one word. Myth: attached versus free earlobes is not a simple one-gene trait, though textbooks often say so. Do not confuse with «globe» or «lob» (a high throw).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lobe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.