Lodge

/lɒdʒ/

noun

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

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

  3. A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

verb

  1. To be firmly fixed in a specified position.

    I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.

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

    The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.

  3. To stay in any place or shelter.

Synonyms: stay over, stop

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