Meaning of lodge in English

lodge

verb

/lɒdʒ/ us

/lɑːdʒ/

lodge verb (COMPLAIN)

lodge a claim, complaint, protest, etc.

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to make an official complaint about something:

The US lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters.

lodge verb (STUCK)

[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]

to (cause to) become stuck in a place or position:

A fish bone had lodged in her throat.

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Inserting and forcing things into other things

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lodge verb (STORE)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] mainly UK formal

to put something in a safe place:

You should lodge a copy of the letter with your solicitor.

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Keeping and storing things

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lodge verb (STAY)

[ I usually + adv/prep ] formal

to pay rent to stay somewhere:

She lodged with Mrs Higgins when she first came to Cambridge.

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to accommodate someone

accommodateThere aren’t enough rooms to accommodate all the students.
give accommodation toThe university gives free accommodation to nursing students.
provide accommodation toWe only provide accommodation to first-year students.
lodgeStudents will be lodged with host families.
houseThe base can house up to 2,000 soldiers.
put someone upI can put you up for a couple of nights.

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Living or sleeping somewhere

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Renting property

lodge

noun

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lodge noun (SMALL BUILDING)

[ C ]

a small house in the country, used especially by people on holiday or taking part in sports, or one on land belonging to a large house:

a ski/hunting lodge

[ C ]

the place where a beaver lives

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a wigwam

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Houses & homes

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Animal dwellings - natural

lodge noun (GROUP)

[ C, + sing/pl verb ]

a local group of an organization such as the Freemasons:

a Masonic Lodge

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Organizations, Societies & clubs

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lodge noun (ROOM)

[ C ] UK

the room used by a person whose job is to be at the entrance to a large building such as a hotel or college in order to help people:

the porter's lodge

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Parts of buildings: rooms

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(Definition of lodge from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

lodge | American Dictionary

lodge

verb

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lodge verb (BECOME FIXED)

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[ always + adv/prep ]

to become fixed or cause something to become fixed in a place or position:

[ I ] A fish bone had lodged in her throat.

[ T ] The explosion lodged some metal fragments in his leg.

lodge verb (MAKE)

[ T ]

to formally make a complaint to an official:

to lodge a complaint/protest

lodge verb (STAY)

[ I always + adv/prep ]

to stay in a place temporarily, usually paying rent to do so:

Mrs. Brown rents rooms – you can lodge with her for a few weeks.

lodge

noun [ C ]

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lodge noun [C] (BUILDING)

a small building used by people during a particular sports season:

a hunting lodge

A lodge is also a type of hotel in the countryside or mountains.

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lodge | Business English

lodge

verb [ T ]

/lɒdʒ/ us

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GOVERNMENT, LAW

to make an official statement to someone in authority, usually to protect something that you feel it is your right to have or do:

lodge a claim/complaint/appeal My lawyers advised me to lodge a formal complaint.

lodge sth against sb/sth So far, five groups have lodged protests against the deal.

There were several ethical complaints lodged against him.

GOVERNMENT UK

to give information to an official organization so that it can be recorded or dealt with:

lodge plans/papers/a bid The two banks will lodge their plans with regulators this week.

Moran lodged a bid to purchase all eight properties.

to leave something important in a safe place such as a bank, lawyer's office, etc.:

lodge sth with sb Keep additional copies of any important documents lodged with your bank or solicitor.

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Examples of lodge

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He will be lodged in the castle, awaiting his homage-makers.

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Later reports describe a swatchel lodged in the roof of his mouth.

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Even when not dreaming, most of us see our noses: they are the only organs to be permanently lodged in the field of sight.

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The cane-cutters preferred the twelve-month cane; the 24-month cane was reported to be harder to cut, had lodged and was infested with weeds.

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When the crop was left standing over one year, more weeds were present at harvest (after 20 months) particularly in varieties which lodged.

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Most varieties grown were tall, and on none of the far ms was maize found to be free from lodging.

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After the seventeenth century, lodging was no longer only a life-cycle phase for everyone.

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What has not been achieved is good lodging resistance in all short spring wheats, nor a complete understanding of its physiological basis.

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Differences in lodging between barley varieties are relevant for two main reasons.

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Protests against the writs were lodged in 1314, 1315 and 1316.

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After determining the parameters describing the susceptibility to lodging, their correlation with the physical properties of varieties was straightforward to calculate.

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In the data used, lodging was recorded by visual assessment of the proportion of lodging in the field.

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There are two observations about this assumption that can be lodged.

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Responsibility for the liquidation of government assets, a clear example of such activity, has been lodged to cabinet departments, independent commissions or government corporations.

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Tuition fees as well as the cost of board and lodging are all free to participating quartets.

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