Lodge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /lɒd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lodge is a noun meaning A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
Meaning
A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
More Meanings
- Ellipsis of 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.
- (US) 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.
Example Sentences
Stay and lodge by me this night.
Something holy lodges in that breast.
the Maldives, a famous lodge of islands
I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.
Word Forms
- lodges
- lodging
- lodged
Synonyms for lodge
Depending on context, synonyms include stop, keep, quarter, sojourn, stay, stop off.
Antonyms for lodge
Common opposites include free, dislodge.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hostelry, inn, hostel, wedge, club, guild.
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