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

1. [Brit] Small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
   "The gatekeeper's lodge was a quaint stone cottage"
    
2. A small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter
   "The hunters stayed in a cosy hunting lodge during their trip";
   - hunting lodge
    
3. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travellers
   "They stayed at a quaint lodge in the countryside";
   - hostel, hostelry, inn, auberge
    
4. Any of various Native American dwellings
   "The museum featured a replica of a traditional Indian lodge";
   - indian lodge
    
5. A formal association of people with similar interests
   "he joined a golf lodge";
   - club, social club, society, guild, gild, order
    
6. A beaver's den constructed on a pond or lake
   "We spotted a beaver lodge near the shore"

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, lodges, lodging

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

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