Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of lodging.
- noun The state of being lodged.
- noun A place for lodging.
- noun An accumulation or a deposit.
- noun A foothold or beachhead gained by troops in enemy or neutral territory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, same as
lodge , 7. - noun The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged: as, the lodgment of money in a bank; the lodgment of grass or grain by a storm.
- noun A deposit, as of an accumulated mass; a settling: as, the lodgment of mud in a tank.
- noun A place where persons or things are lodged; a lodging.
- noun Milit., a position or foothold gained from and held against an enemy, as by an invading or a besieging army: as, to effect a lodgment on the enemy's coast, or within the enemy's lines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.
- noun obsolete A lodging place; a room.
- noun An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
- noun (Mil.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An area used for
lodging . - noun The condition of being
lodged . - noun The act of
lodging .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily
- noun bringing a charge or accusation against someone
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Examples
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As to whether his intentions were kindly or cruel, Madden could not determine, but their lodgment was a low kennel-like place, the smallest in the row.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock T. S. Stribling 1923
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Scotland feed not so high, sleep not so soft, and care not for the magnificence of lodgment, which is proper to their southern neighbours.
The Talisman 1894
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It nibbles the walls enclosing it, enlarging its lodgment, which is always entirely filled by its corpulent body.
Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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But you must remember, when you see my poor quarter, that the nobles and knights of Scotland feed not so high, sleep not so soft, and care not for the magnificence of lodgment which is
The Talisman 2008
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It had made some kind of lodgment in their heads, and, in that sense, they did know.
Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Alexander Maclaren 1868
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And the world was black-gray, and violent, and very cold, with the flying spray freezing to ice in every lodgment.
CHAPTER XXXIII 2010
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It was here, in a wild bight, between two black and precipitous walls of rock where even the snow could find no lodgment, that Captain West paused in a casual sweep of his glasses and gazed steadily at one place.
CHAPTER XXXIII 2010
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He must have been so saturated with alcohol as to defy the lodgment of germs.
YAH! YAH! YAH! 2010
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He's the one who got me my lodgment on New Gibbon.
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More seas smashed and crashed against the for'ard wall of the cabin; and the steward, failing of lodgment, shot back across the carpet, still holding the desk from harm.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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