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# charger

«charger» in Mova's school dictionary: **A device that puts electricity back into a battery, like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a charger, chargers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A device that puts electricity back into a battery, like a phone or laptop charger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#m1)

2) (old, in stories) A horse ridden by a knight into battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#m2)

3) A large flat plate (rare). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a charger is the cable and plug for phones, tablets and laptops. In science, it moves electrical energy into a battery, which stores it as chemical energy. In safety lessons: don't charge devices on your bed or under a pillow (they can overheat and start a fire), use the right charger, don't use broken cables, and unplug when done. Phrases: phone charger, plug in the charger, charging cable, car charger.

### examples

- Can I borrow your phone charger? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#x1)
- Plug the charger into the wall socket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#x2)
- Don't leave your tablet charging under the pillow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#x3)
- The charger got hot, so Mum unplugged it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#x4)
- Electric cars use a big charger at a charging station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#x5)
- The knight rode his white charger into battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#x6)
- My charger cable is frayed, so I need a new one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#x7)
- Outside stood his faithful charger, pawing the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/#x8)

### note

From the verb «charge» (to fill a battery with electricity). A frayed or broken charger is a fire and shock danger. In knight stories «charger» means a war horse, not a device.

### In the corpora

- [Damaged cables, hot plugs and chargers smothered under bedding are warning signs of a fault that can start a fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/1/)
- [Charge phones and tablets on a hard surface, never under a pillow, because chargers get hot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/14/)
- [E-bike batteries must be charged only with the right charger, on a hard surface, and not overnight in a bedroom or hallway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/25-bicycles-and-other-wheels/17/)
- [Use the right charger, and stop charging if a phone or battery gets hot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/34-batteries/10/)
- [Things that heat, like kettles, ovens and heaters, use far more electricity than a phone charger or an LED bulb.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «charger» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.