1
a
: a place to live : dwelling
2
a(1)
: sleeping accommodations
found lodging in the barn
(2)
: a temporary place to stay
a lodging for the night
b
: a room in the house of another used as a residence
—usually used in plural
3
: the act of lodging
Examples of lodging in a Sentence
There is gas, food, and lodging at the next highway exit.
food and lodging are two of the largest expenses of living in the city
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While there are several accommodations in the national park, traditional lodgings here were bare-bones mountain huts intentionally designed for discomfort for religious reasons.
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Olivia Young, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
All are still growing and trading on the idea that a lodging with 30 rooms feels friendlier than one with 300.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
The lodgings were often concrete bunker-like structures left over from Franco’s dictatorship or big package resorts built before the government clamped down on development in the 1980s.
—Julia Chaplin, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
The luxury lodging has an underground bunker, built in 1965, which once sheltered celebs including Joan Baez and Jane Fonda from US air raids.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
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Olivia Young, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
All are still growing and trading on the idea that a lodging with 30 rooms feels friendlier than one with 300.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
The lodgings were often concrete bunker-like structures left over from Franco’s dictatorship or big package resorts built before the government clamped down on development in the 1980s.
—Julia Chaplin, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
The luxury lodging has an underground bunker, built in 1965, which once sheltered celebs including Joan Baez and Jane Fonda from US air raids.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for lodging
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“Lodging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lodging. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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