/ lɒdʒ; NAmE lɑːdʒ/ noun , verb
■ noun
1.
[ C ] a small house in the country where people stay when they want to take part in some types of outdoor sport :
a hunting lodge
2.
[ C ] a small house at the gates of a park or in the land belonging to a large house
3.
[ C ] a room at the main entrance to a building for the person whose job is to see who enters and leaves the building :
All visitors should report to the porter's lodge.
4.
[ C +sing./pl. v . ] the members of a branch of a society such as the Freemasons; the building where they meet :
a masonic lodge
5.
[ C ] the home of a beaver or an otter
6.
[ C ] a Native American's tent or home built of logs
■ verb
1.
[ vn ] lodge (sth) (with sb) (against sb/sth) to make a formal statement about sth to a public organization or authority
SYN register , submit :
They lodged a compensation claim against the factory.
Portugal has lodged a complaint with the International Court of Justice.
2.
[ v + adv. / prep. ] ( old-fashioned ) to pay to live in a room in sb's house
SYN board :
He lodged with Mrs Brown when he arrived in the city.
3.
[ vn ] to provide sb with a place to sleep or live
SYN accommodate :
The refugees are being lodged at an old army base.
4.
lodge (sth) in sth to become fixed or stuck somewhere; to make sth become fixed or stuck somewhere :
[ v ]
One of the bullets lodged in his chest.
[ vn ]
She lodged the number firmly in her mind.
5.
[ vn ] lodge sth with sb / in sth to leave money or sth valuable in a safe place
SYN deposit :
Your will should be lodged with your lawyer.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English loge , via Old French loge arbour, hut from medieval Latin laubia , lobia , lobium covered walk, portico, of Germanic origin; related to German Laube arbour.