lodge

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /lɒd͡ʒ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /lɑd͡ʒ/

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Noun

Singular lodge

Plural lodges

1. (countable) A building in an outdoorsy setting, where people can rent a room

   "We stayed in Hodge's Lodge during our hunting trip."

2. (countable) A place where a hired servant, like a butler or gardener, lives separately from the main house
3. (countable) A hotel or inn
4. (countable) The place where a beaver lives

Verb

Plain form lodge

Third-person singular lodges

Past tense lodged

Past participle lodged

Present participle lodging

1. be stuck and hardly able to move

   "That stick is lodged between those two boulders, and I can't get it out."

2. provide one's own residence for housing
3. place something somewhere