lodging

Plural: lodgings

Noun

• A place where one lives or stays temporarily; temporary accommodation.
• structures collectively in which people are housed
• the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily
• the act of lodging
• 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.

Verb

• be a lodger; stay temporarily
  • "Where are you lodging in Paris?"
• put, fix, force, or implant
• file a formal charge against
• provide housing for
  • "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
• present participle and gerund of lodge

Examples

• The small open space on the Scrabble board served as a temporary lodging for his word.

Synonyms

accommodate, charge, deposit, file, housing, living accommodations, lodge, lodgement, lodgment, stick, wedge

Antonyms

dislodge

Related Words

lodge