lodging Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun structures collectively in which people are housed
    housing; living accommodations.
  2. noun the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily
    lodgement; lodgment.
    • the lodgment of the balloon in the tree
  3. noun the act of lodging
  4. verb be a lodger; stay temporarily
    lodge.
    • Where are you lodging in Paris?
  5. verb put, fix, force, or implant
    lodge; wedge; stick; deposit.
    • lodge a bullet in the table
    • stick your thumb in the crack
  6. verb file a formal charge against
    lodge; charge; file.
    • The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
  7. verb provide housing for
    lodge; accommodate.
    • We are lodging three foreign students this semester

WordNet

Lodg"ing noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913