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Meaning of lodging house

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

lodging

Pronunciation:/ˈlɒdʒɪŋ//ˈlɑdʒɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To be firmly fixed in a specified position.

    Example: I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.

  2. To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.

    Example: The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.

  3. To stay in any place or shelter.

  4. To drive (an animal) to covert.

noun

Definitions

  1. A place to live or lodge.

  2. Sleeping accommodation.

  3. (in the 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.