lodge

CEFRB2

/lɒd͡ʒ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To stay somewhere temporarily, usually in a simple place.

  2. 02

    noun

    A small house or hotel, often in the countryside.

Examples

  • They will lodge by twos and threes in lonely farmhouses.

  • The lodge rents by the day.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

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

noun

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.

  • The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.

  • The tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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.