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• Lodging house — Lodging Lodg ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges. [1913 Webster] 2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; often in the plural with a singular meaning. Gower. [1913 Webster] Wits take lodgings in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lodging house — lodging houses N COUNT A lodging house is a house where people can rent rooms to live in or stay in. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use rooming house) …   English dictionary

• lodging house — n BrE old fashioned a building where people can rent rooms to live or stay in = ↑boarding house …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lodging house — lodging ,house noun count BRITISH a ROOMING HOUSE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lodging house — ► NOUN ▪ a private house providing rented accommodation …   English terms dictionary

• lodging house — n. ROOMING HOUSE …   English World dictionary

• lodging house — index building (structure) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• lodging house — noun a house where rooms are rented • Syn: ↑rooming house • Hypernyms: ↑house, ↑accommodation • Hyponyms: ↑flophouse, ↑dosshouse * * * noun, pl ⋯ houses [count] …   Useful english dictionary

• lodging house — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms lodging house : singular lodging house plural lodging houses British a building with rooms for people to rent, usually for short periods only. The American word is rooming house …   English dictionary

• lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, esp. a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house. [1760 70] * * * …   Universalium

• lodging house — lodg′ing house n. rooming house • Etymology: 1760–70 …   From formal English to slang