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Meaning of lodge
noun
- A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially as a college mailroom.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- A local chapter of a trade union.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
verb
- To be firmly fixed in a specified position. Example: I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.
- To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady. Example: The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.
- To stay in any place or shelter.
- To drive (an animal) to covert.
- To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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