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Lodge   /lɑdʒ/   Listen
Lodge

noun
1.
English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940).  Synonyms: Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge.
2.
A formal association of people with similar interests.  Synonyms: club, gild, guild, order, social club, society.  "They formed a small lunch society" , "Men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
3.
Small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener.
4.
A small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter.  Synonym: hunting lodge.
5.
Any of various Native American dwellings.  Synonym: indian lodge.
6.
A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.  Synonyms: auberge, hostel, hostelry, inn.
verb
(past & past part. lodged; pres. part. lodging)
1.
Be a lodger; stay temporarily.
2.
Put, fix, force, or implant.  Synonyms: deposit, stick, wedge.  "Stick your thumb in the crack"
3.
File a formal charge against.  Synonyms: charge, file.
4.
Provide housing for.  Synonym: accommodate.



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"Lodge" Quotes from Famous Books



... Japan was negotiating with Mexico for a concession on Magdalena Bay. Senator Lodge promptly introduced a resolution in the Senate, declaring that "when any harbor or other place in the American continents is so situated that the occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might ...
— The Path of Empire - A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power, Volume - 46 in The Chronicles of America Series • Carl Russell Fish
... dark and awful secrets are going on here? Is it a Freemason's Lodge and those the mystic signs?" asked a gay voice at the door; and there stood Rose, full of smiling wonder at the sight of her two uncles hand in hand, whispering and ...
— Rose in Bloom - A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" • Louisa May Alcott
... piteous story of his conversion, how he had become 'a wretched ragged man o'ergrown with hair,' and what is more to the point, she had heard of Orlando's noble kindness to him. It is odd that Shakespeare does not adopt from Lodge's novel Oliver's rescue of Celia from a band of ruffians. Johnson says, 'To Celia much may be forgiven for the heroism of her friendship.' She forsook not only her father—she had reason not to care much about him—but she forsook the ...
— More Pages from a Journal • Mark Rutherford
... frigates, and other vessels belonging to the States' Navy classified by the guns they carried. Of these there were twenty-three classes comprised within the second-rates, exclusive of two unrated classes—namely, hulks and shallops or row-barges. The former were used either to lodge the officers and crews of vessels undergoing repair, or were fitted with shears to erect or remove masts. In the course of a few years after this, sloops, bombs, fire-ships, and yachts are spoken of as among the unrated classes; but in the sixth-rate were comprised vessels mounting only two guns. ...
— How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves - Updated to 1900 • W.H.G. Kingston
... you're carried on a stretcher to the nearest convenient house, you're not responsible for your own actions. And they were both so nice and kind, it was a pleasure to be near them. So I was almost thankful for that horrid accident, which had cut the Gordian knot of my perplexity as to a house to lodge in. ...
— Recalled to Life • Grant Allen


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