lodge 1 of 2

noun

Definition of lodgenext
1
as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests when we go on our country vacation, we always stay at this little lodge in the middle of nowhere

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2
as in cottage
an often small house for recreational or seasonal use every summer we rent a small fishing lodge by the lake

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3
as in clubhouse
the meeting place of an organization the Masons meet at the lodge every Thursday evening

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4
as in house
the shelter or resting place of a wild animal the family of beavers built a lodge near the narrow point of the river

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lodge

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verb

ˈläj How to pronounce lodge (audio)
1
as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time

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2
as in to park
to establish or place comfortably or snugly our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out

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3
as in to root
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine

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Recent Examples of lodge
Noun
Stop for an overnight near the remote Loch Hope, at the seven-bedroom 1870s hunting lodge on a 100,000-acre estate, reimagined as stylish conservation resort Hope by WildLand just this year. — Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Roads and improvements provide access to all parts of the property, with multiple guest lodges to accommodate extended family and friends. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
Two miles downstream, a maintenance worker at a mobile home park saw a car float past and lodge against a bridge. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Alongside Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, Netflix has lodged an appeal with France’s highest administrative court, the Conseil d’État, challenging new sub-quotas for investment in documentaries and animation. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lodge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodge
  1. hotel
  2. cottage
  3. clubhouse
  4. house
  5. camp
  6. park
  7. root
  8. hostel
Noun
  • Chigurh kills Wells in his hotel room and then answers a call from Moss intended for Wells.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The restaurant is a beautiful glass and wood building that looks over the hotel's gardens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of hotel
Noun
  • With a rustic aesthetic, the cottage is charming and artsy, with antique finds from the owners' travels around the world.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Twenty-one bunnies lived with their mother in a little cottage, and all of them had special jobs.
    — Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of cottage
Noun
  • Recipients over the years have included major and minor league coaches, chefs, clubhouse attendants, parking lot security guards, the people who liaise with the players’ wives, and the ushers who staff the family section in the stands.
    — Stephanie Apstein, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026
  • These included updating the warming hut and clubhouse and adding a mountain bike park.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of clubhouse
Noun
  • The country's upper house of parliament voted last month to require UBS to hold 90% of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital, or about $16 billion in extra shares, as collateral to support its foreign subsidiaries.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The stranger’s dress had been stored in the family’s house for more than a decade.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of house
Verb
  • Raman says that she is committed to ending homelessness, but the city has gone about it the wrong way and that no-camping zones just push the problem from one neighborhood to another.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • D’Amelio made her entrance early in the evening, posing with her cover before camping out in a cozy red booth next to the DJ stand.
    — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of camp
Verb
  • LendingTree advises would-be parents to start a dedicated savings fund early, even years before a child arrives, and to park it in a high-yield savings account so interest can compound.
    — Martie Bowser, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Some of its ports have been used by visiting caargo ships and a docking port on its roof allows visiting vehicles to park there.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of park
Verb
  • Maybe because their connection was so deeply rooted, the proposal resonated with a complete stranger.
    — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In Richard’s hands, Creole culture is rooted and migrant, soil and air.
    — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of root
Noun
  • The organization originally announced plans to open a European-style hostel there before transitioning the space into a shelter.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
  • And the old Rapp Saloon — an 1875 brick building at 1436 2nd Street — was reborn in the late 1980s as a meeting space within a four-story hostel, now known as Hostelling International’s HI Los Angeles Santa Monica Hostel.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of hostel

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