lodging house : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lodging house	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lodging house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lodging house n a house where rooms are rented [syn: lodging house, rooming house]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lodging \Lodg"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges. 2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning. --Gower. Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. --Pope. 3. Abiding place; harbor; cover. Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. --Spenser. {Lodging house}, a house where lodgings are provided and let. {Lodging room}, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.