— lodgeable , adj.
/loj/ , n. , v. , lodged, lodging .
n.
1. a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
2. a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season.
3. a summer cottage.
4. a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate, occupied by a gatekeeper, caretaker, gardener, or other employee.
5. a resort hotel, motel, or inn.
6. the main building of a camp, resort hotel, or the like.
7. the meeting place of a branch of certain fraternal organizations.
8. the members composing the branch: The lodge is planning a picnic.
9. any of various North American Indian dwellings, as a tepee or long house. Cf. earth lodge .
10. the Indians who live in such a dwelling or a family or unit of North American Indians.
11. the home of a college head at Cambridge University, England.
12. the den of an animal or group of animals, esp. beavers.
v.i.
13. to have a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn: We lodged in a guest house.
14. to live in rented quarters in another's house: He lodged with a local family during his college days.
15. to be fixed, implanted, or caught in a place or position; come to rest; stick: The bullet lodged in his leg.
v.t.
16. to furnish with a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily; accommodate: Can you lodge us for the night?
17. to furnish with a room or rooms in one's house for payment; have as a lodger: a boardinghouse that lodges oil workers.
18. to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for; shelter: The château will lodge the ambassador during his stay.
19. to put, store, or deposit, as in a place, for storage or keeping; stow: to lodge one's valuables in a hotel safe.
20. to bring or send into a particular place or position.
21. to house or contain: The spinal canal lodges and protects the spinal cord.
22. to vest (power, authority, etc.).
23. to put or bring (information, a complaint, etc.) before a court or other authority.
24. to beat down or lay flat, as vegetation in a storm: A sudden hail had lodged the crops.
25. to track (a deer) to its lair.
[ 1175-1225; ME logge loge laubia, lobia; see LOBBY ]
Syn. 8. club, association, society. 16. house, quarter. 20. place, set, plant, settle.