lodging

«lodging» in Mova's school dictionary: A place to stay for a short time, such as a room in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (lodging, lodgings — often plural in UK); also the -ing form of the verb lodge

meaning for a pupil

1) A place to stay for a short time, such as a room in someone's house or an inn. tree →

2) Lodgings (UK): a rented room or rooms in a house. tree →

3) The -ing form of «lodge»: staying somewhere as a paying guest, or getting stuck somewhere (a bone lodging in the throat). tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories travellers look for «food and lodging» for the night. In maths problems lodging is a cost: the price of a room per night times the number of nights. Phrases: board and lodging (meals and a room), lodging house.

examples

• The travellers paid for food and lodging at the inn. tree →
• Lodging in the city is very expensive. tree →
• He lived in lodgings near the university. tree →
• Lodging costs $40 a night, so 3 nights cost $120. tree →
• They found cheap lodging by the beach. tree →
• The student is lodging with an old couple. tree →
• A fish bone was lodging in her throat, so they went to the doctor. tree →
• He asked them for a night's lodging. tree →

note

«Lodging» as an uncountable noun: «lodging is cheap»; «lodgings» in British English means rented rooms. Spelling: no «e» — lodge → lodging. In maths, total lodging = price per night × nights.

In the corpora

• They are gone over the pass; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah trembleth; Gibeath-shaul is fled.

Trees and pragmatics

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