a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.

a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season.

a summer cottage.

a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate, occupied by a gatekeeper, caretaker, gardener, or other employee.

a resort hotel, motel, or inn.

the main building of a camp, resort hotel, or the like.

the meeting place of a branch of certain fraternal organizations.

the members composing the branch

The lodge is planning a picnic.

any of various North American Indian dwellings, as a tepee or long house. Compare earth lodge .

the Indians who live in such a dwelling or a family or unit of North American Indians.

the home of a college head at Cambridge University, England.

the den of an animal or group of animals, esp. beavers.

to have a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn

We lodged in a guest house.

to live in rented quarters in another's house

He lodged with a local family during his college days.

to be fixed, implanted, or caught in a place or position; come to rest; stick

The bullet lodged in his leg.

to furnish with a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily; accommodate

Can you lodge us for the night?

to furnish with a room or rooms in one's house for payment; have as a lodger

a boardinghouse that lodges oil workers.

to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for; shelter

The château will lodge the ambassador during his stay.

to put, store, or deposit, as in a place, for storage or keeping; stow

to lodge one's valuables in a hotel safe.

to bring or send into a particular place or position.

to house or contain

The spinal canal lodges and protects the spinal cord.

to vest (power, authority, etc.).

to put or bring (information, a complaint, etc.) before a court or other authority.

to beat down or lay flat, as vegetation in a storm

A sudden hail had lodged the crops.

to track (a deer) to its lair.

verb

dislodge , get out , leave

noun

abode , auberge , burrow , camp , chalet , cottage , couch , country house , den , dormitory , dwelling , gatehouse , haunt , home , hospice , hostel , hostelry , hotel , house , hut , inn , motel , public house , retreat , roadhouse , shack , shanty , shelter , stopover , tavern , villa

verb

abide , catch , come to rest , embed , entrench , fix , imbed , implant , infix , ingrain , install , plant , remain , root , stay , stick , accommodate , bestow , board , bunk , canton , crash , domicile , dwell , entertain , harbor , hole up * , hostel , house , locate , nest , park * , perch * , put up , quarter , rent , reside , room , roost * , shelter , sojourn , squat , station , stay over , stop , bed , berth , billet , visit , fasten , brotherhood , cabin , camp , chapter , club , cottage , couch , encamp , hotel , motel