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lodging

UK/ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋ//ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/

lodging noun: a place to live or lodge. Also the present participle and gerund of lodge.

Noun

lodging (countable and uncountable, plural lodgings)

  1. A place to live or lodge.
  2. Sleeping accommodation.
    • When I was a Cloister-monk, I was once sent to Durham on business of our Church; and coming home again, the dark night caught me at Risby, and I had to beg a lodging there.1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. XI, The Abbot’s Ways”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk)
  3. (in plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
  4. 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.

Also used as

lodging is also the present participle and gerund of lodge.

lodging meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

lodging in Hindi

place to live or lodge
आवास āvās, बसेरा baserā

lodging in Arabic

place to live or lodge
إِقَامَة ʔiqāma

lodging in Indonesian

furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation
kos, indekos

lodging in Persian

place to live or lodge
اسکان eskân
More languagesFewer languages
lodging in Thai
ที่พัก tîi-pák
lodging in Vietnamese
chỗ ở

Examples of lodging in a sentence

  • The poor family were turned out of their lodgings at only an hour's notice.
  • Emma's bridge club had a romping good laugh about the champagne cork lodging in Betty's hair.
  • Only tourists looking for cheap lodgings were frowned upon by the new hôtelier.

All 26 example sentences with lodging

Forms of lodging

plurallodgings

Plural of lodging: lodgings

Origin of lodging

From lodge + -ing.

Words formed from lodging

Phrases with lodging

Questions about lodging

What does lodging mean?
Lodging means a place to live or lodge.
What is lodging in Hindi?
Lodging in Hindi is आवास (āvās), बसेरा (baserā). See Lodging meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lodging?
Lodging is a noun.
How do you pronounce lodging?
Lodging is pronounced /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of lodging?
The plural of lodging is lodgings.

Words near lodging in the dictionary

  1. lodgers
  2. lodges
  3. lodges solemn representation
  4. lodgest
  5. lodgeth
  6. lodging
  7. lodging house
  8. lodging houses
  9. lodging solemn representation
  10. lodging-house
  11. lodging-houses

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