lodge

B1
Pronunciation
/lɒdʒ/
/lɑdʒ/
Noun
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

2 Definition

Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially as a college mailroom.

3 Definition

A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

4 Definition

A local chapter of a trade union.

5 Definition

A rural hotel or resort, an inn.

6 Definition

A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.

7 Definition

A den or cave.

8 Definition

The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.

9 Definition

The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.

10 Definition

A collection of objects lodged together.

11 Definition

An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.

Example Sentences
  • The tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.
Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To be firmly fixed in a specified position.

Example Sentences
  • I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.
2 Definition

To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.

Example Sentences
  • The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.
3 Definition

To stay in any place or shelter.

4 Definition

To drive (an animal) to covert.

5 Definition

To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.

6 Definition

To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.

7 Definition

To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).

8 Definition

To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

Example Sentences
  • The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge.
9 Definition

To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.