How do you use the word "lodge" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "lodge": The lodge rents by the day. They will lodge by twos and threes in lonely farmhouses.

Lodge Meaning

/lɒd͡ʒ/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

nounEllipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.

Sentence Examples

The lodge rents by the day.

They will lodge by twos and threes in lonely farmhouses.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

club order file

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

We plan to ____ at a small cabin near the lake during our vacation.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

We decided to ____ a formal complaint with the management about the poor service we received last night.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Frankish *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“an arbour, a covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“a porch, a gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[H]e walked across Hawthorn Tree Court on his way to the porter's lodge. […] At the lodge he cleared his pigeon-hole." — 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 39:

"the Maldives, a famous lodge of islands" — 1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC:

"Stay and lodge by me this night." — c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

"Something holy lodges in that breast." — 1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:

"It then becomes necessary for the men to lodge away from home, and at places on the system where large numbers require accommodation regularly, the L.M.S.R. maintains 43 permanent staff hostels." — 1947 March and April, “L.M.S.R. Hostels for Trainmen”, in Railway Magazine, page 75:

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