ALL meanings of lodging
lodg·ing
L l - noun lodging a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut. 1
- noun lodging a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season. 1
- noun lodging a summer cottage. 1
- noun lodging a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate, occupied by a gatekeeper, caretaker, gardener, or other employee. 1
- noun lodging a resort hotel, motel, or inn. 1
- noun lodging the main building of a camp, resort hotel, or the like. 1
- noun lodging the meeting place of a branch of certain fraternal organizations. 1
- noun lodging the members composing the branch: The lodge is planning a picnic. 1
- noun lodging any of various North American Indian dwellings, as a tepee or long house. Compare earth lodge. 1
- noun lodging the Indians who live in such a dwelling or a family or unit of North American Indians. 1
- noun lodging the home of a college head at Cambridge University, England. 1
- noun lodging the den of an animal or group of animals, especially beavers. 1
- verb without object lodging to have a habitation or quarters, especially temporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn: We lodged in a guest house. 1
- verb without object lodging to live in rented quarters in another's house: He lodged with a local family during his college days. 1
- verb without object lodging to be fixed, implanted, or caught in a place or position; come to rest; stick: The bullet lodged in his leg. 1
- verb with object lodging to furnish with a habitation or quarters, especially temporarily; accommodate: Can you lodge us for the night? 1
- verb with object lodging to furnish with a room or rooms in one's house for payment; have as a lodger: a boardinghouse that lodges oil workers. 1
- verb with object lodging to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for; shelter: The château will lodge the ambassador during his stay. 1
- verb with object lodging to put, store, or deposit, as in a place, for storage or keeping; stow: to lodge one's valuables in a hotel safe. 1
- verb with object lodging to bring or send into a particular place or position. 1
- verb with object lodging to house or contain: The spinal canal lodges and protects the spinal cord. 1
- verb with object lodging to vest (power, authority, etc.). 1
- verb with object lodging to put or bring (information, a complaint, etc.) before a court or other authority. 1
- verb with object lodging to beat down or lay flat, as vegetation in a storm: A sudden hail had lodged the crops. 1
- noun lodging A place in which someone lives or stays temporarily. 1
- verb with object lodging to track (a deer) to its lair. 1
- noun lodging temporary housing 1
- noun plural lodging place to sleep 1
- uncountable noun lodging If you are provided with lodging or lodgings, you are provided with a place to stay for a period of time. You can use lodgings to refer to one or more of these places. 0
- countable noun lodging If you live in lodgings, you live in a room or rooms in someone's house and you pay them for this. 0
- noun lodging a temporary residence 0
- noun lodging sleeping accommodation 0
- noun lodging (at Oxford University) the residence of the head of a college 0
- noun lodging the act of one that lodges 0
- noun lodging a place to live in, esp. temporarily; quarters 0
- noun lodging a room or rooms rented in a private home 0
- noun lodging A place to live or lodge. 0
- noun lodging sleeping accommodation. 0
- noun lodging (in the plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation. 0
- noun lodging (agriculture) The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant. 0