lodging
noun (lodging, lodgings — often plural in UK); also the -ing form of the verb lodge
Everyday
- A place to stay for a short time, such as a room in someone's house or an inn. tree →
- Lodgings (UK): a rented room or rooms in a house. tree →
- The -ing form of «lodge»: staying somewhere as a paying guest, or getting stuck somewhere (a bone lodging in the throat). tree →
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 Jewish tradition
A "lodging-place" is an inn or camping place on a journey, where travelers stop for the night. Isaiah uses "took up their lodging" for an army camping at a place, and Jeremiah longs for a lodging-place in the wilderness to escape his people.
Interpretation. The rabbis wonder why God "sought to kill" Moses at the lodging-place. They say it was because he had delayed circumcising his son, and the law of brit milah could not wait. Jeremiah's wish is read as the prophet's deep grief over the sins of his people.
Examples
- And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. (Torah EXO.4.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. (Torah GEN.42.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- They are gone over the pass; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah trembleth; Gibeath-shaul is fled. (Prophets ISA.10.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- Oh that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! (Prophets JER.9.1, JPS 1917) 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.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «lodging» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «lodging» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «lodging» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «lodging» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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