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lodg·ing       [loj-ing] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.accommodation in a house, esp. in rooms for rent: to furnish board and lodging.
2.a temporary place to stay; temporary quarters.
3.lodgings,
a.a room or rooms rented for residence in another's house.
b.British. the rooms of a university student who lives neither on campus nor at home.
4.the act of lodging.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; see lodge, -ing1]
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lodge       [loj] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, lodged, lodg·ing.
–noun
1.a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
2.a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season.
3.a summer cottage.
4.a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate, occupied by a gatekeeper, caretaker, gardener, or other employee.
5.a resort hotel, motel, or inn.
6.the main building of a camp, resort hotel, or the like.
7.the meeting place of a branch of certain fraternal organizations.
8.the members composing the branch: The lodge is planning a picnic.
9.any of various North American Indian dwellings, as a tepee or long house. Compare earth lodge.
10.the Indians who live in such a dwelling or a family or unit of North American Indians.
11.the home of a college head at Cambridge University, England.
12.the den of an animal or group of animals, esp. beavers.
–verb (used without object)
13.to have a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn: We lodged in a guest house.
14.to live in rented quarters in another's house: He lodged with a local family during his college days.
15.to be fixed, implanted, or caught in a place or position; come to rest; stick: The bullet lodged in his leg.
–verb (used with object)
16.to furnish with a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily; accommodate: Can you lodge us for the night?
17.to furnish with a room or rooms in one's house for payment; have as a lodger: a boardinghouse that lodges oil workers.
18.to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for; shelter: The château will lodge the ambassador during his stay.
19.to put, store, or deposit, as in a place, for storage or keeping; stow: to lodge one's valuables in a hotel safe.
20.to bring or send into a particular place or position.
21.to house or contain: The spinal canal lodges and protects the spinal cord.
22.to vest (power, authority, etc.).
23.to put or bring (information, a complaint, etc.) before a court or other authority.
24.to beat down or lay flat, as vegetation in a storm: A sudden hail had lodged the crops.
25.to track (a deer) to its lair.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME logge < OF loge < ML laubia, lobia; see lobby]

—Related forms
lodge·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 8. club, association, society. 16. house, quarter. 20. place, set, plant, settle.
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lodge       (lŏj)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    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.
    4. Any of various Native American dwellings, such as a hogan, wigwam, or longhouse.
    5. The group living in such a dwelling.
    6. A local chapter of certain fraternal organizations.
    7. The meeting hall of such a chapter.
    8. The members of such a chapter.
    1. Any of various Native American dwellings, such as a hogan, wigwam, or longhouse.
    2. The group living in such a dwelling.
    3. A local chapter of certain fraternal organizations.
    4. The meeting hall of such a chapter.
    5. The members of such a chapter.
    1. A local chapter of certain fraternal organizations.
    2. The meeting hall of such a chapter.
    3. The members of such a chapter.
  4. The den of certain animals, such as the dome-shaped structure built by beavers.

v.   lodged, lodg·ing, lodg·es

v.   tr.
    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.
  2. To serve as a depository for; contain: This cellar lodges our oldest wines.
  3. To place, leave, or deposit, as for safety: documents lodged with a trusted associate.
  4. To fix, force, or implant: lodge a bullet in a wall.
  5. To register (a charge or complaint, for example) before an authority, such as a court; file.
  6. To vest (authority, for example).
  7. To beat (crops) down flat: rye lodged by the cyclone.

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


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

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lodg·ing       (lŏj'ĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A place to live: found lodging near her new job.
  2. Sleeping accommodations. Often used in the plural: We found the lodgings on the tour rather primitive.
  3. lodgings Furnished rooms in another's house rented for accommodation.

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lodging

noun
1. structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing] 
2. the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree" [syn: lodgment] 
3. the act of lodging 

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Lodging

Lodg"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges.

2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning. --Gower.

Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. --Pope.

3. Abiding place; harbor; cover.

Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. --Spenser.

Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let.

Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.

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