lodge
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“arbor, covered walk-way”), Medieval Latin lobia, laubia, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *laubja (“shelter”), from Proto-Germanic *laubijō (“arbour, protective roof, shelter made of foliage”), from Proto-Germanic *lauban (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lōubh- (“the outer parts of a tree, bark, foliage”). Cognate with Old High German louba (“porch, gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Related to lobby, loggia, leaf.
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- Rhymes: -ɒdʒ
[edit] Noun
lodge (plural lodges)
- A building used for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- Porter's or caretaker's rooms at or near the main entrance to a building or an estate.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
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recreational building
porter's rooms
local chapter of freemasons
local chapter of trade union
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inn — see inn
beaver's shelter
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[edit] Verb
lodge (third-person singular simple present lodges, present participle lodging, simple past and past participle lodged)
- (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.
- (intransitive) To pay rent to a landlord or landlady who lives in the same house.
- (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- (transitive) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- (transitive) To flatten to the ground.
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- The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge.
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to pay rent to a landlord or landlady who lives in the same house
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to supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time
to put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety
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to place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities
to flatten to the ground
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