'Lodging' definitions:

Definition of 'lodging'

(from WordNet)
noun
Structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing, lodging, living accommodations]
noun
The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree" [syn: lodgment, lodgement, lodging]
noun
The act of lodging

Definition of 'Lodging'

From: GCIDE
  • Lodge \Lodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lodged (l[o^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lodging (l[o^]j"[i^]ng).]
  • 1. To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Stay and lodge by me this night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Something holy lodges in that breast. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; to become stuck or caught; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree; a piece of meat lodged in his throat. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Lodging'

From: GCIDE
  • Lodging \Lodg"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
  • Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Abiding place; harbor; cover. [1913 Webster]
  • Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let.
  • Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'lodging'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Lodging'