(~s, lodging, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday, especially when they want to shoot or fish.
...a Victorian hunting ~.
...a ski ~.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
2.
A ~ is a small house at the entrance to the grounds of a large house.
I drove out of the gates, past the keeper’s ~.
N-COUNT
3.
In some organizations, a ~ is a local branch or meeting place of the organization.
My father would occasionally go to his Masonic ~.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
4.
If you ~ a complaint, protest, accusation, or claim, you officially make it.
He has four weeks in which to ~ an appeal.
= make
VERB: V n
5.
If you ~ somewhere, such as in someone else’s house or if you are ~d there, you live there, usually paying rent.
...the story of the farming family she ~d with as a young teacher...
The building he was ~d in turned out to be a church.
VERB: V prep/adv, be V-ed prep/adv
6.
If someone ~s you somewhere, they give you a place to stay, for example because they are responsible for your safety or comfort.
They ~d the delegates in different hotels.
VERB: V n prep/adv
7.
If an object ~s somewhere, it becomes stuck there.
The bullet ~d in the sergeant’s leg, shattering his thigh bone...
His car has a bullet ~d in the passenger door.
VERB: V prep/adv, V-ed
8.
see also lodging