lodging
NounUS[loj-ing]/ˈlɑdʒɪŋ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)lodgings
- structures collectively in which people are housedSynonyms: housingliving accommodationsType of structure, constructionKinds dwelling, apartment, camp, living quarters, block, condominium, rattrap, hostel, pied-a-terre, quartering +5 more
- the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily“the lodgment of the balloon in the tree”Synonyms: lodgmentlodgementType of fastness, allegation
- the act of lodgingType of residency, residence
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Translations
Noun place to live or lodge
- Spanish
- hospedaje
- French
- logement
- German
- Unterkunft
- Italian
- alloggio
- Portuguese
- alojamento
- Russian
- жили́ще žilíšče
- Arabic
- إِقَامَة ʔiqāma
- Chinese
- 住宿 zhùsù
- Japanese
- 宿 yado
- Dutch
- logies
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Lodg′ing noun
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. John Gower
Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow.— Alexander Pope
3. Abiding place; harbor; cover.
Fair bosom... the lodging of delight.— Edmund Spenser
Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let. — Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54