lodgment
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈlɒdʒmənt/
- US
- The documents were placed in a secure lodgment at the bank.
Examples
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The bank provides a secure lodgment for your valuables.
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She made a lodgment of her important documents.
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The seeds found lodgment in the cracks of the old wall and began to grow.
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After the storm, debris made lodgment in the riverbed, blocking the flow of water.
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The bank provides a secure lodgment for your valuables.
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She made a lodgment of her important documents in the safe.
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The documents were placed in a secure lodgment at the bank.
Synonyms
399
1.0
A place where people keep things until they need them
230
4.8
A strong locked room or digital place for keeping valuable things safe
63
3.0
A place where people leave things to keep them safe
33
6.7
A place where things are kept safe for future use
25
1.6
A place where you keep things in a house, box, or phone
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5.9
A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
15
3.0
A small locked box in a public place for keeping personal things
Antonyms
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lodgment comes from the word lodge ('a small shelter or place') plus the ending -ment that turns it into a thing. So, a lodgment can mean a place where something is kept, stored, or finds protection, like papers in a bank or seeds in a crack.