A place you may stay when you aren’t at home

noun

1. A place to live dwelling
2. Lodgment
3. A room in the house of another used as a residence
4. The act of lodging

verb

1. To establish or settle in a place

   "The troops lodged themselves in the town."

2. To serve as a receptacle for contain

   "a sinus lodging the nerve and artery of the part"

3. To beat (a crop) flat to the ground
4. To bring to an intended or a fixed position (as by throwing or thrusting)
5. To deposit for safeguard or preservation

   "agents collect the rent for the land, and lodge it in the bank"

6. To place or vest especially in a source, means, or agent

   "a small family unit … with formal authority lodged in the father"

7. To lay (something, such as a complaint) before a proper authority file

   "the defendant then lodged an appeal"

8. To occupy a place temporarily sleep

   "lodged on a cot overnight"

9. To come to a rest

   "the bullet lodged in the wall"

10. To fall or lie down

noun

1. Rooming house

noun

1. Food and a place to sleep

   "He worked in the kitchen in return for board and lodging."