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Lodge   /lɑdʒ/   Listen
Lodge

noun
1.
English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940).  Synonyms: Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge.
2.
A formal association of people with similar interests.  Synonyms: club, gild, guild, order, social club, society.  "They formed a small lunch society" , "Men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
3.
Small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener.
4.
A small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter.  Synonym: hunting lodge.
5.
Any of various Native American dwellings.  Synonym: indian lodge.
6.
A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.  Synonyms: auberge, hostel, hostelry, inn.
verb
(past & past part. lodged; pres. part. lodging)
1.
Be a lodger; stay temporarily.
2.
Put, fix, force, or implant.  Synonyms: deposit, stick, wedge.  "Stick your thumb in the crack"
3.
File a formal charge against.  Synonyms: charge, file.
4.
Provide housing for.  Synonym: accommodate.



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"Lodge" Quotes from Famous Books



... having been polluted some years before by an unnatural murder, was, according to the zeal of those people, looked on as profane, and therefore had been applied 20 to common use, and all the ornaments and furniture carried away. In this edifice it was determined I should lodge. The great gate fronting to the north was about four feet high, and almost two feet wide, through which I could easily creep. On each side of the gate was a small window, not 25 above six inches from the ground; into that on the left side the king's ...
— Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year • E.C. Hartwell
... "Somebody's hunting-lodge," muttered Laval. "They have gone up the hill to see what the explosion meant. That was a lantern we saw moving among ...
— With Haig on the Somme • D. H. Parry
... she was duly interested, even if a trifle shy of the red brother who stared so fixedly. She entered a lodge with Bill, and listened to him make laundry arrangements in broken English with a withered old beldame whose features resembled a ham that had hung overlong in the smokehouse. Two or three blanketed bucks ...
— North of Fifty-Three • Bertrand W. Sinclair
... each year for the relief of widows and orphans. The report for the present year shows that 6,212 families were assisted at an expense of $141,646; and $50,540 were paid for the education of orphans. The Indiana lodge erected a monument in Indianapolis to Vice-President of the United States Schuyler Colfax, the ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various
... a scheming mind. Before she left this morning she asked me if I thought a little house could be gotten outside the town, for a moderate rent. I believe she would not hesitate to take such a house, and board and lodge ...
— The Girl at Cobhurst • Frank Richard Stockton


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