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lodging

noun
/ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/US/ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋ/UK

Etymology

From lodge + -ing.

  1. derived from loge — “an arbour, a covered walk-way”
  2. inherited from logge
  3. formed as lodging — “lodge + -ing”

Definitions

  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.

  3. Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or…

      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.

    2. present participle and gerund of lodge

The neighborhood

Derived

board and lodging, dry lodging, lodging house, lodgingless, nonlodging, outlodging

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lodging. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01lodging02lodge03building04closed05sealed06entrance07doorway08house09accommodations

A definitional loop anchored at lodging. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at lodging

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA