Definitions for lodgment

lodgment lodg·ment

Spelling: [loj-muh nt]
IPA: /ˈlɒdʒ mənt/

Lodgment is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in lodgment (deglmnot).

Definitions for lodgment

noun

  1. the act of lodging.
  2. the state of being lodged.
  3. something lodged or deposited.
  4. Military. a position or foothold gained from an enemy, or an entrenchment made upon it.
  5. a lodging place; rooming house.
  6. accommodations; lodgings.

Origin of lodgment

From the Middle French word logement, dating back to 1590-1600. See lodge, -ment

Examples for lodgment

Now to find a lodgment for the night, and then to prowl round for a house.

Tittle-tattle will effect no lodgment in the Asquithian brain.

"White Brother of the Snow and his friend would find no lodgment there," said she.

Hasty you may have been, but I know that wickedness never had a lodgment in your heart.

The very last place where water might be expected to make a lodgment.

All the offices required for the lodgment he performed himself.

In spite of the efforts of the defenders the French effected a lodgment in the tower.

John Smith blushed, but saw no lodgment for a denial where there was no accusation.

We then made a lodgment on the side of the mount near the stockade.

Previous snows had found no lodgment into banks, and an igloo could not be built.

Word Value for lodgment
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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