About The Word Lodgment
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Lodgment
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What's The Definition Of Lodgment?
[n] the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
[n] bringing a charge or accusation against someone Synonyms | Synonyms for Lodgment: lodgement | lodgement | lodging Related Terms | Find terms related to Lodgment: See Also | allegation | fastness | fixedness | fixity | fixture | secureness Lodgment In Webster's Dictionary \Lodg"ment\, n. [Written also {lodgement}.] [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.) 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.
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