lodge
lodge (läj)
noun
- a small house, esp. one for a servant, or one for use during a special season a caretaker's lodge, hunting lodge
- a resort hotel or motel
- the meeting place of a local chapter, as of a fraternal organization
- such a local chapter
- the den or typical lair of certain wild animals, esp. beavers
- ☆
- the hut or tent of an American Indian
- those who live in it
Etymology: ME loge, hut, masons' workshop (> sense 2) < OFr, summer house, arbor (> loge) < LL lobia < Gmc *laubja, sheltered place, leafy arbor (> OHG louba, upper roof, porch, leafy cover): for IE base see leaf
transitive verb lodged, lodg′·ing
- to provide with a place of temporary residence; house
- to rent rooms to; take as a paying guest
- to serve as a temporary dwelling for
- to serve as a container for
- to place or deposit for safekeeping
- to put or send into a place or position by shooting, thrusting, etc.; place; land: with in to lodge an arrow in a target
- to bring (an accusation, complaint, etc.) before legal authorities
- to confer (powers) upon: with in
- to beat down (growing crops), as rain
Etymology: ME loggen < OFr logier (> Fr loger)
intransitive verb
- to live in a certain place for a time
- to live (with another or in his home) as a paying guest
- to come to rest or be placed and remain firmly fixed: with in a bone lodged in her throat
Lodge (läj)
Lodge, Henry Cabot 1850-1924; U.S. senator (1893-1924)
lodge
n.
lodge
v.
Object
- objection: Where these are considered to be undesirable, the Society will lodge a written objection.
- complaint: A woman with a bleeding face lodged a complaint against her husband.
- appeal: On 11 November DOT lodged an appeal against the High Court judgment.
- grievance: There is a minimum 28 day period after lodging the grievance before an employe can take his claim to an employment tribunal.
- petition: In the same year the landed gentry of Herefordshire lodged a petition.
- deposit: Any stock deposit lodged at the CCSS on Friday, 9 July 2004 will be rejected ( bad delivered ) by the registrar concerned.
Converse of object
- situate: We offer 4 wooden lodges situated separately from the main touring area which 45 mostly level pitches.
Adjective modifier
- masonic: The former Council chamber, on the second floor, was for a long time occupied by a masonic lodge, now removed elsewhere.
- self-catering: We provide comfortable Bed and Breakfast accommodation and two self-catering lodges with doorstep trout fishing.
- Scandinavian: A choice of Scandinavian lodges with up to 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms sleeping 7 people.
- luxurious: Upmarket safaris offer overnight stays in luxurious game lodges and luxury tented camps.
Modifies a noun
- clearing: Observed on most visits to the tower from May onwards, and often around the main lodge clearing.
Noun used with modifier
- safari: You can chose to stay in luxury African safari lodges or budget national parks accommodation.
- lakeside: Accommodation at White Acres There's a great choice of self-catering accommodation at White Acres Country Park, including lovely lakeside lodges.
- luxury: Ideal second home, caravans through to luxury lodges available.
- ski: These ski lodges offer flexible offpiste experience in the thick of pristine mountain wilderness.
- sweat: Sweat lodges followed by a midnight swim and pampering by your very own fire mother.
- hunting: Situated on the banks of the river, the former 17th century hunting lodge has been transformed into an award winning restaurant.
Possessives
- porter: Instead, the porter took on their instruction in a room next to the porter's lodge in breaks between his other duties.
Preposition: with
- clerk: Amendments should be lodged with the clerks to the Stage 2 committee.
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