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Lodge

[loj]

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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.

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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.

any of various North American Indian dwellings, as a tepee or long house. Compare earth lodge.

10.

the Indians who live in such a dwelling or a family or unit of North American Indians.

11.

the home of a college head at Cambridge University, England.

12.

the den of an animal or group of animals, especially beavers.

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verb (used without object)

13.

to have a habitation or quarters, especially temporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn: We lodged in a guest house.

14.

to live in rented quarters in another's house: He lodged with a local family during his college days.

15.

to be fixed, implanted, or caught in a place or position; come to rest; stick: The bullet lodged in his leg.

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verb (used with object)

16.

to furnish with a habitation or quarters, especially temporarily; accommodate: Can you lodge us for the night?

17.

to furnish with a room or rooms in one's house for payment; have as a lodger: a boardinghouse that lodges oil workers.

18.

to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for; shelter: The château will lodge the ambassador during his stay.

19.

to put, store, or deposit, as in a place, for storage or keeping; stow: to lodge one's valuables in a hotel safe.

20.

to bring or send into a particular place or position.

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21.

to house or contain: The spinal canal lodges and protects the spinal cord.

22.

to vest (power, authority, etc.).

23.

to put or bring (information, a complaint, etc.) before a court or other authority.

24.

to beat down or lay flat, as vegetation in a storm: A sudden hail had lodged the crops.

25.

to track (a deer) to its lair.

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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English logge < Old French loge < Medieval Latin laubia, lobia; see lobby

Related forms

lodge·a·ble, adjective

Synonyms
8. club, association, society. 16. house, quarter. 20. place, set, plant, settle.

Example Sentences

Frommer's has rated this lodge as the best in the country since it first opened.

It is as thought kumquats hung from the lodge pole pine trees.

Or it might dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the plaintiffs did not have the right to lodge it in the first place.

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Frommer's has rated this lodge as the best in the country since it first opened.

It is as thought kumquats hung from the lodge pole pine trees.

Or it might dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the plaintiffs did not have the right to lodge it in the first place.

Its comfortable wilderness lodge has boats, canoes, and a tree-canopy zipline.

Age-inappropriate toys can pose hazards, particularly if they have parts that could lodge in a child's windpipe or eyes.

It made no sense to him or the other men in the big lodge.

Bend's new lodge bills itself as the official after-ski pub.

They have a lodge in town where you can get fried flatbread tacos that are to die for.

When nothing much is at stake, voters are free to lodge a costless protest.

The lodge headquarters also features a restaurant, grocery store, and gas service.

At home, he punched in the number for the police and asked to lodge a complaint.

If it chooses to lodge in the middle of a gene, it will wreck the sequence, killing the organism if that gene is vital.

But far be it from me to use this pulpit to lodge a petty personal gripe.

Or the court might dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the plaintiffs did not have the right to lodge it in the first place.

Many special guests from the world of words and puzzles will be there, as will a treasure hunt across the scenic lodge.

But although they will lodge formal complaints, independence now seems a fait accompli.

Official complaints are few, as many are afraid to lodge them.

Local governments, which lodge large sums of public money at banks, are particularly worried.

They regularly lodge complaints and march in protest to the city council's offices.

Lodge excellent diversion from the vicissitudes of politics.

The lodge has decent food, a great view, and nice rooms for a weekend getaway.

But as real estate prices soared, the notion of inviting strangers to lodge for weeks at pricey vacation homes lost its appeal.

Given a case of this scope, it's not too surprising that a number of interested parties might lodge objections or ask for.

The handsome two-story lodge sleeps ten and includes a full kitchen and sauna.

Cabins with fireplaces and lodge rooms in the heart of the park.

Today, nearly every bunk in the lodge is booked months ahead of time.

You'll know you're there when you see the ski lodge.

Too soon yet to lodge any meaningful comment as this is only a hint that a supposedly confidential report.

Celeski got his start after seeing plastic furniture on the patio of a national-park-style lodge.

The big question for prospective visitors is whether to lodge in or outside the park.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

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.

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World English Dictionary

lodge (lɒdʒ)

—n
1.	chiefly (Brit) a small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion, usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
2.	a house or cabin used occasionally, as for some seasonal activity
3.	(US), (Canadian) a central building in a resort, camp, or park
4.	(capital when part of a name) a large house or hotel
5.	a room for the use of porters in a university, college, etc
6.	a local branch or chapter of certain societies
7.	the building used as the meeting place of such a society
8.	the dwelling place of certain animals, esp the dome-shaped den constructed by beavers
9.	a hut or tent of certain North American Indian peoples
10.	(at Cambridge University) the residence of the head of a college

—vb (often foll by in)
11.	to provide or be provided with accommodation or shelter, esp rented accommodation
12.	to live temporarily, esp in rented accommodation
13.	to implant, embed, or fix or be implanted, embedded, or fixed
14.	(tr) to deposit or leave for safety, storage, etc
15.	(tr) to bring (a charge or accusation) against someone
16.	(tr; often foll by in or with) to place (authority, power, etc) in the control (of someone)
17.	archaic to exist or be present (in)
18.	(tr) (of wind, rain, etc) to beat down (crops)

[C15: from Old French loge, perhaps from Old High German louba porch]

'lodgeable

—*adj*

Lodge² (lɒdʒ)

—n
	the Lodge the official Canberra residence of the Australian Prime Minister

Lodge¹ (lɒdʒ)

—n
1.	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)
2.	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
3.	Thomas. ?1558--1625, English writer. His romance Rosalynde (1590) supplied the plot for Shakespeare's As You Like It

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Word Origin & History

lodge

early 13c., from O.Fr. loge "arbor, covered walk" (Mod.Fr. "hut, cabin, lodge box at a theater"), from Frankish *laubja "shelter" (cognate with O.H.G. louba "porch, gallery," Ger. Laube "bower, arbor"), likely originally "shelter of foliage," from the root of leaf. "Hunter's

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cabin" sense is first recorded mid-15c. Sense of "local branch of a society" is first recorded 1680s, from 14c. logge "workshop of masons." The verb is early 13c., "to stay in a lodge, to put someone up in a lodge," from O.Fr. logier, from loge. Sense of "to get a thing in the intended place, to make something stick" is from 1610s.

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Easton

Bible Dictionary

Lodge definition

a shed for a watchman in a garden (Isa. 1:8). The Hebrew name _melunah_ is rendered "cottage" (q.v.) in Isa. 24:20. It also denotes a hammock or hanging-bed.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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