lodging
Meaning
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- A place to live or lodge.
- Sleeping accommodation.
- Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
- 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.
Synonyms
halting-place
living accommodations
bield
place to stay
putting up at a hotel
ap’t
accomodation
accommodation unit
lodging house
sleeping accommodation
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/
Etymology
From lodge + -ing.
New
lodge
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- A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- A local chapter of a trade union.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- A den or cave.
- The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
- A collection of objects lodged together.
- An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
- An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
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