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lodge   (TTS Sound)

The noun lodge has 6 senses

• Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge -- (English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940))


• club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order -- (a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today")


• lodge -- (small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener)


• lodge, hunting lodge -- (a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter)


• lodge, indian lodge -- (any of various Native American dwellings)


• hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge -- (a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers)

The verb lodge has 4 senses

• lodge -- (be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?")


• lodge, wedge, stick, deposit -- (put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack")


• charge, lodge, file -- (file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife")


• lodge, accommodate -- (provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester")