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Meaning
Noun
●
A
building
for
recreational
use such as a
hunting lodge
or a
summer
cabin.
●
In British English, Canadian English, Buildings, Rooms & Royal residences:
Short for
porter's lodge
: a
building
or
room
near
the
entrance
of an
estate
or
building
, especially (UK, Canada) as a
college
mailroom.
●
A local
chapter
of some
fraternities
, such as freemasons.
●
In American English:
A local
chapter
of a
trade
union.
●
A
rural
hotel
or
resort
, an inn.
●
A beaver's
shelter
constructed
on a
pond
or lake.
●
A
den
or cave.
●
The
chamber
of an
abbot
,
prior
, or
head
of a college.
●
In Mining:
The
space
at the
mouth
of
a level
next to
the
shaft
,
widened
to
permit
wagons
to
pass
, or
ore
to be
deposited
for
hoisting
; called also platt.
●
A
collection
of
objects
lodged
together.
●
An
indigenous
American home, such as
tipi
or
wigwam
. By
extension
, the people who
live in
one such home; a household.
A family of Native Americans, or the
persons
who usually
occupy
an Indian
lodge
; as a
unit
of
enumeration
,
reckoned
from
four
to
six
persons
.
Verb
●
To be
firmly
fixed
in a
specified
position.
●
To
firmly
fix
in a
specified
position.
●
To
stay in
a boarding-house,
paying
rent
to the
resident
landlord
or landlady.
●
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.
●
To
put
money,
jewellery
, or other
valuables
for safety.
●
To place (a
statement
, etc.) with the
proper
authorities
(such as
courts
, etc.).
●
To become
flattened
, as
grass
or
grain
, when
overgrown
or
beaten down
by the wind.
●
To cause to
flatten
, as
grass
or grain.
Name
●
A surname.
●
An
unincorporated
community
in Sangamon Township, Piatt County, Illinois, United States.
●
An
unincorporated
community
in the
western
part of Lorance Township, Bollinger County, Missouri, United States.
●
A
town
in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States.
●
An
unincorporated
community
in Northumberland County, Virginia, United States.
Sourced from
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Origin
lodge
English
logge
Middle English (1100-1500)
loge
French
Sourced from
Etym
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