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lodge
1[ loj ]
noun
- a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
- a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season.
- a summer cottage.
- a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate, occupied by a gatekeeper, caretaker, gardener, or other employee.
- a resort hotel, motel, or inn.
- the main building of a camp, resort hotel, or the like.
- the meeting place of a branch of certain fraternal organizations.
- the members composing the branch:
The lodge is planning a picnic.
Synonyms: , ,
- the Indians who live in such a dwelling or a family or unit of North American Indians.
- the home of a college head at Cambridge University, England.
- the den of an animal or group of animals, especially beavers.
verb (used without object)
- to have a habitation or quarters, especially temporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn:
We lodged in a guest house.
- to live in rented quarters in another's house:
He lodged with a local family during his college days.
- to be fixed, implanted, or caught in a place or position; come to rest; stick:
The bullet lodged in his leg.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a habitation or quarters, especially temporarily; accommodate:
Can you lodge us for the night?
Synonyms: ,
- to furnish with a room or rooms in one's house for payment; have as a lodger:
a boardinghouse that lodges oil workers.
- to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for; shelter:
The château will lodge the ambassador during his stay.
- to put, store, or deposit, as in a place, for storage or keeping; stow:
to lodge one's valuables in a hotel safe.
- to bring or send into a particular place or position.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to house or contain:
The spinal canal lodges and protects the spinal cord.
- to vest (power, authority, etc.).
- to put or bring (information, a complaint, etc.) before a court or other authority.
- to beat down or lay flat, as vegetation in a storm:
A sudden hail had lodged the crops.
- to track (a deer) to its lair.
Lodge
2[ loj ]
noun
- Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
- his grandson Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902–85, U.S. journalist, statesman, and diplomat.
- Sir Oliver Joseph, 1851–1940, English physicist and writer.
- Thomas, 1558?–1625, English poet and dramatist.
lodge
1/ ±ôÉ’»åÏô /
noun
- a small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion, usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
- a house or cabin used occasionally, as for some seasonal activity
- a central building in a resort, camp, or park
- capital when part of a name a large house or hotel
- a room for the use of porters in a university, college, etc
- a local branch or chapter of certain societies
- the building used as the meeting place of such a society
- the dwelling place of certain animals, esp the dome-shaped den constructed by beavers
- a hut or tent of certain North American Indian peoples
- (at Cambridge University) the residence of the head of a college
verb
- to provide or be provided with accommodation or shelter, esp rented accommodation
- intr to live temporarily, esp in rented accommodation
- to implant, embed, or fix or be implanted, embedded, or fixed
- tr to deposit or leave for safety, storage, etc
- tr to bring (a charge or accusation) against someone
- tr; often foll by in or with to place (authority, power, etc) in the control (of someone)
- archaic.introften foll byin to exist or be present (in)
- tr (of wind, rain, etc) to beat down (crops)
Lodge
2/ ±ôÉ’»åÏô /
noun
- LodgeDavid (John)1935MBritishWRITING: novelistWRITING: critic David ( John ). born 1935, British novelist and critic. His books include Changing Places (1975), Small World (1984), Nice Work (1988), Therapy (1995), and Thinks... (2001)
- LodgeSir Oliver (Joseph)18511940MBritishSCIENCE: physicist Sir Oliver ( Joseph ). 1851–1940, British physicist, who made important contributions to electromagnetism, radio reception, and attempted to detect the ether. He also studied allegedly psychic phenomena
- LodgeThomas?15581625MEnglishWRITING: writer Thomas. ?1558–1625, English writer. His romance Rosalynde (1590) supplied the plot for Shakespeare's As You Like It
Lodge
3/ ±ôÉ’»åÏô /
noun
- the Lodgethe official Canberra residence of the Australian Prime Minister
Derived Forms
- ˈ±ô´Ç»å²µ±ð²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ô´Ç»å²µ±ða·²ú±ô±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lodge1
Example Sentences
In the desert outpost of Amboy, along Route 66 about 210 miles east of Los Angeles, a small team of workers sustains California’s most iconic nonfunctional lodging: Roy’s Motel and Cafe.
Rare 16th Century wall paintings have been revealed at a former Tudor hunting lodge.
In a 2015 profile, he told The Times that he was guided by the concept of la posada — meaning inn or lodging.
But, days away from returning to live game action, May went to dinner in Arizona on July 10 and tore his esophagus on a bite of a salad that got lodged in his throat.
The couple lodged an appeal with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal after the visa rejection in 2023, and have been waiting for the past two years for an outcome.
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