'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
- abiding,
- abiding place,
- abode,
- accommodations,
- address,
- apartment,
- assembly-line housing,
- berth,
- billeting,
- cantonment,
- cohabitation,
- commorancy,
- commorant,
- crash pad,
- crib,
- diggings,
- digs,
- domicile,
- domiciliation,
- domus,
- doss,
- dwelling,
- dwelling place,
- habitancy,
- habitation,
- hospitality,
- house,
- housing,
- housing bill,
- housing development,
- housing problem,
- in residence,
- inhabitancy,
- inhabitation,
- inhabiting,
- living,
- living in,
- living quarters,
- lodging place,
- lodgings,
- lodgment,
- lower-income housing,
- nest,
- nesting,
- occupancy,
- occupation,
- pad,
- place,
- place to live,
- quartering,
- quarters,
- remaining,
- residence,
- residency,
- resident,
- residentiary,
- residing,
- roof,
- room,
- rooms,
- roost,
- seat,
- shelter,
- sleeping place,
- slum clearance,
- sojourning,
- squatting,
- staying,
- staying over,
- stopping,
- subdivision,
- tenancy,
- tenement,
- tract,
- transient lodging,
- urban renewal
Words containing 'Lodging'
- Lodge,
- Lodged,
- lodge in,
- lodgings,
- Deer Lodge,
- Hunting lodge,
- Jennings Lodge,
- Jennings Lodge, OR,
- Lodge Grass,
- Lodge Pole,
- Lodge gate,
- Lodge, SC,
- Lodging house,
- Lodging room,
- Medicine Lodge,
- Red Lodge,
- Rose Lodge,
- Rose Lodge, OR,
- To lodge an information,
- Winter lodge,
- indian lodge,
- motor lodge,
- shooting lodge,
- ski lodge,
- student lodging,
- Deer Lodge County,
- Deer Lodge, MT,
- Lodge Grass, MT,
- Lodge Pole, MT,
- Medicine Lodge, KS,
- Red Lodge, MT,
- sir oliver lodge,
- Deer Lodge County, MT,
- sir oliver joseph lodge,
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County,
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT