Dictionary entries for 'lodging'

Synonyms

lodg·ing (lŏj́ĭng)

noun

A place to live: found lodging near her new job.
Sleeping accommodations. Often used in the plural: We found the lodgings on the tour rather primitive.
Furnished rooms in another's house rented for accommodation.

lodge (lŏj)

[Middle English, from Old French loge, of Germanic origin.]

1. A cottage or cabin, often rustic, used as a temporary abode or shelter: a ski lodge.
2. A small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper.
3. An inn.
1. Any of various Native American dwellings, such as a hogan, wigwam, or longhouse.
2. The group living in such a dwelling.
1. A local chapter of certain fraternal organizations.
2. The meeting hall of such a chapter.
3. The members of such a chapter.
The den of certain animals, such as the dome-shaped structure built by beavers.

1. To provide with temporary quarters, especially for sleeping: lodges travelers in the shed.
2. To rent a room to.
3. To place or establish in quarters: lodged the children with relatives after the fire.
To serve as a depository for; contain: This cellar lodges our oldest wines.
To place, leave, or deposit, as for safety: documents lodged with a trusted associate.
To fix, force, or implant: lodge a bullet in a wall.
To register (a charge or complaint, for example) before an authority, such as a court; file.
To vest (authority, for example).
To beat (crops) down flat: rye lodged by the cyclone.

1. To live in a place temporarily.
2. To rent accommodations, especially for sleeping.
To be or become embedded: The ball lodged in the fence.