noun (n)

• structures collectively in which people are housed(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  housing, living accommodations
  

  source: wordnet30
• the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  lodgement, lodgment
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of lodging(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• The act of one who, or that which, lodges.(noun)

  source: webster1913