lodgment
noun
the act of lodging.
lodgement
-
a variation of
lodgment.
Example Sentences
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Figure 16.31 Examples of glacial till: a: lodgement till from the front of the Athabasca Glacier, Alberta; b: ablation till at the Horstman Glacier, Blackcomb Mountain, B.C.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
When a glacier eventually melts, the lodgement till is exposed as a sheet of well-compacted sediment ranging from several centimetres to many metres in thickness.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Terms such as "calico", "chintz" and "gingham" had already by then "effected a lodgement in English warehouses and shops, and were lying in wait for entrance into English literature".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2012
It has not been found wanting in its physiology, nor has it failed to grow wherever it has found lodgement.
From The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure by Edward Hooker Dewey
The irony of fate had decreed that this admirable sentiment should not find a permanent lodgement in the writer's breast.
From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by John Charles Dent
