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lock up to lock all the doors and windows of a building Make sure you lock up before you leave.

lOCk 2 / lak / noun [ count ]

a metal thing that keeps a door, gate, or box closed so that you need a key to open it again I heard the key turn in the lock.

lock • er / ' lakar / noun [ count ]

a small cabinet with a lock for keeping things in, for example in a school or a sports center

lock • er room / ' lakar rum / noun [ count ]

( sports ) a room with lockers in it where people can

change their clothes

My gym has a really nice locker room.

lodge1 / lad3/ verb

( lodg • es , lodg • ing , lodged )

to become stuck somewhere, or to make something do this The bullet lodged in her shoulder.

lodge 2 / lad3 / noun

a small house in the country where people stay when they want to do outdoor activities a ski lodge

lodg • ing / ' lad3ig / noun [ count, noncount ]

a place where you can stay

The price includes food and lodging.

loft / loft / noun [ count ]

the room or space directly under the roof of a house My old books are in a box in the loft.

log1 / log ; lag / noun [ count ]

a thick, round piece of wood from a tree

Put another log on the fire. —Look at the picture at tree .

an official written record of something The museum keeps a log of visitors.

log 2 / log ; lag / verb ( logs , log . ging , logged )

to keep an official record of things that happen to log someone's phone calls

—SYNONYM record

log in ; log on to type your name, etc. so that you can

start using a computer

You need a password to log on.

log off ; log out to stop using a computer

Make sure you log out before you switch off the computer.

log • ging / ' logig ; ' lagig / noun [ noncount ] the work of cutting down trees for their wood the logging industry

log • icAWL / ' lad3ik / noun [ noncount ]

a sensible reason or way of thinking There is no logic to your argument.

log • i • cal aw / ' lad3ikl / v

seeming natural or sensible There is only one logical conclusion.

—ANTONYM illogical

log • i • cal • lyAWL| / lad3ikli / adverb to think about things logically

lo • go / ' lougou / noun [ count ] ( plural lo . gos )

( business ) a picture or a design that a company or an

organization uses as its special sign

You will find the company logo on all our products.

lol • li • pop / ' lalipap / noun [ count ]

a big piece of hard candy on a stick

lone . ly Ф / 'lounli / adjective ( lone . li . er , lone . li est )

unhappy because you are not with other people

She felt very lonely when she first went to live in the city.

— Look at alone .

far from other places

a lonely house in the hills

lone • li • ness / ' lounlinss / noun [ noncount ]

lone • some / ' lounssm / adjective

unhappy because you are alone

She felt lonesome after her daughter moved away.

long i© / log / adjective ( long . er / ' loggsr / long . est / ' loggsst / )

far from one end to the other Which is the longest river in the world? She has long black hair.

His house is a long way from mine.

—ANTONYM short Grammar

We usually use far only in questions and negative sentences, and after too and so : Is it far to walk? ♦ It's too far to walk.

In other sentences we use a long way : It's a long way to walk - let's take the bus.

You use long to ask or talk about how far something is from one end to the other

How long is the table? The wall is 10 feet long. The noun is length .

continuing for a lot of time a long concert

He's lived here for a long time . —ANTONYM short

4 You use long to ask or talk about the time from the beginning to the end of something How long is the class?

long 2 Ф / log / adverb