lodgment
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily“the lodgment of the balloon in the tree”Synonyms: lodgementlodgingType of fastness, allegation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Lodg′ment noun [Written also lodgement.]
Origin: Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, verb
1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.
Any particle which is of size enough to make a lodgment afterwards in the small arteries.— Paley, William
2. A lodging place; a room. obsolete
3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
4. Military The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54