lodge /loj/

1. A house in the wilds for sportsmen
2. A gatekeeper's cottage
3. A college head's residence
4. A porter's room
5. An abode, esp if secluded, humble, small or temporary
6. The meeting-place of a branch of some societies, eg freemasons
7. The branch itself
8. A Native American dwelling, esp a teepee or longhouse (qv)
9. The dwelling-place of a beaver, otter, etc
10. A retreat
11. A frequently used element in the name of a house or hotel
12. An accumulation (obsolete)
13. A loggia
14. A box in a theatre

1. To supply with temporary accommodation
2. To place
3. To deposit for safety, etc
4. To infix
5. To bring (a charge or accusation) against someone
6. To make (a complaint or objection) officially
7. To vest (a power, talent, etc) in someone
8. To settle, fix firmly
9. To prompt or force to take shelter
10. (of wind, etc) to blow (eg crops) flat, to lay flat

1. To stay temporarily, rent accommodation as a lodger
2. To pass the night
3. To take shelter
4. To come to rest in a fixed position
5. (of crops, etc) be blown flat

lodgˈer noun

1. A person who lodges
2. A person who lives in a rented room or rooms

lodgˈing noun

1. Temporary accommodation
2. (often in pl) a room or rooms rented in another person's house
3. Harbour

lodgˈment or lodgeˈment noun

1. The act of lodging, or state of being lodged
2. The depositing of money in a bank account
3. An accumulation of something that remains at rest, or a blockage caused by it
4. The occupation and holding of a position within enemy territory by a besieging party, and the fortifications erected to maintain it (military)
5. The position so occupied

lodgeˈ-gate noun

A gate with a lodge

lodgeˈ-keeper noun

lodgeˈpole noun

A pole used in the construction of a Native American lodge

lodgepole pine noun

Either of two fast-growing N American pines (Pinus contorta)

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