lodgment, lodgement, lodging
(noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; “the lodgment of the balloon in the tree”
lodgment, lodgement
(noun) bringing a charge or accusation against someone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lodgment (countable and uncountable, plural lodgments)
An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.
The condition of being lodged.
The act of lodging or depositing.
(military, historical) The occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it.
Source: Wiktionary
Lodg"ment, n. [Written also lodgement.] Etym: [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, v.]
1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. Any particle which is of size enough to make a lodgment afterwards in the small arteries. Paley.
2. A lodging place; a room. [Obs.]
3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
4. (Mil.)
Definition: The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 June 2025
(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
