Lodge

/lΙ’dΚ’/

The meaning and definition of Lodge, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

verb
  1. To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
    β€œI've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.”
  2. To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
    β€œThe detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.”
noun
  1. An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
    β€œThe tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.”
  2. A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

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Synonyms stay over stop

Origin

From Middle English logge, from French loge.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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