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1. Be a lodger; stay temporarily
   "Where are you lodging in Paris?"
    
2. Put, fix, force, or implant
   "lodge a bullet in the table";
   - wedge, stick, deposit
    
3. Place a formal charge against
   - charge, file
    
4. Provide housing for
   "We are lodging three foreign students this semester";
   - accommodate
    
5. Put money or valuables in a safe place or safe hands
    
6. Flatten to the ground
   "The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge"

1. A formal association of people with similar interests
   "he joined a golf lodge";
   - club, social club, society, guild, gild, order
    
2. [Brit] Small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
    
3. A small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter
   - hunting lodge
    
4. Any of various Native American dwellings
   - indian lodge
    
5. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travellers
   - hostel, hostelry, inn, auberge
    
6. A beaver's den constructed on a pond or lake

1. English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
   - Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge

Derived forms: lodged, lodging, lodges

See also: lodge in

Type of: abode, accuse, association, criminate, domicile, domiciliate, dwell, dwelling, dwelling house, fasten, fix, gatehouse, habitation, home, hotel, house, impeach, incriminate, inhabit, live, physicist, populate, put up, secure

Antonym: dislodge

Encyclopedia: Lodge, Henry Cabot Lodge, Illinois Lodge, Henry Lodge Lodge, David Lodge, Thomas Lodge, Virginia Lodge, South Carolina Lodge, SC Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph