LODGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lodge mean? 

• LODGE (noun)
  The noun LODGE has 6 senses:

1. English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)

2. a formal association of people with similar interests

3. small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener

4. a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter

5. any of various Native American dwellings

6. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

  Familiarity information: LODGE used as a noun is common.

• LODGE (verb)
  The verb LODGE has 4 senses:

1. be a lodger; stay temporarily

2. put, fix, force, or implant

3. file a formal charge against

4. provide housing for

  Familiarity information: LODGE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LODGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lodge; Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge; Sir Oliver Lodge

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A formal association of people with similar interests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

club; gild; guild; lodge; order; social club; society

Context example:

men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)

Meronyms (members of "lodge"):

club member (someone who is a member of a club)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lodge"):

service club (a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services)

boat club; yacht club (club that promotes and supports yachting and boating)

turnverein (a club of tumblers or gymnasts)

sorority (a social club for female undergraduates)

slate club (a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas))

rowing club (a club for rowers)

racket club (club for players of racket sports)

jockey club (a club to promote and regulate horse racing)

hunt; hunt club (an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport)

investors club (a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly)

golf club (a club of people to play golf)

glee club (a club organized to sing together)

frat; fraternity (a social club for male undergraduates)

country club (a suburban club for recreation and socializing)

chess club (a club of people to play chess)

chapter (a local branch of some fraternity or association)

bookclub (a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices)

athenaeum; atheneum (a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

gatehouse (a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hunting lodge; lodge

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)

Derivation:

lodge (provide housing for)

lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Any of various Native American dwellings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

indian lodge; lodge

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lodge"):

hogan (a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the entrance facing east)

teepee; tepee; tipi (a Native American tent; usually of conical shape)

wickiup; wikiup (a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States)

wigwam (a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

auberge; hostel; hostelry; inn; lodge

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

hotel (a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lodge"):

imaret (a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey)

caravan inn; caravansary; caravanserai; khan (an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans)

roadhouse (an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling)

post house; posthouse (an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders)

Derivation:

lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)

• LODGE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a lodger; stay temporarily

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Where are you lodging in Paris?

Hypernyms (to "lodge" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lodge"):

sleep over; stay over (stay overnight)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

lodge (a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers)

lodge (a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter)

lodger (a tenant in someone's house)

lodging (the act of lodging)

lodgings (temporary living quarters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put, fix, force, or implant

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

deposit; lodge; stick; wedge

Context example:

stick your thumb in the crack

Hypernyms (to "lodge" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lodge"):

redeposit (deposit anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

dislodge (remove or force out from a position)

Derivation:

lodgement; lodging (the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily)

Sense 3

Meaning:

File a formal charge against

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

charge; file; lodge

Context example:

The suspect was charged with murdering his wife

Hypernyms (to "lodge" is one way to...):

accuse; criminate; impeach; incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lodge"):

impeach (charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

lodgement (bringing a charge or accusation against someone)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Provide housing for

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

accommodate; lodge

Context example:

We are lodging three foreign students this semester

Hypernyms (to "lodge" is one way to...):

domiciliate; house; put up (provide housing for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lodge"):

barrack (lodge in barracks)

keep (supply with room and board)

billet; canton; quarter (provide housing for (military personnel))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Also:

lodge in (live (in a certain place))

Derivation:

lodge (a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter)

lodging (the act of lodging)

lodgings (temporary living quarters)

 Context examples 

Slowly and solemnly he was borne into Briony Lodge and laid out in the principal room, while I still observed the proceedings from my post by the window.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Micawber family were lodged in a little, dirty, tumble-down public-house, which in those days was close to the stairs, and whose protruding wooden rooms overhung the river.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Holmes gazed at it, and then passed on to the lodge gate.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I'll give you a piece of bread," she said, after a pause; "but we can't take in a vagrant to lodge. It isn't likely."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He has twice lodged at Tavistock in the summer.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is addressed to Mr. Garcia, Wisteria Lodge.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I beg to lodge a formal protest against these proceedings,” said he.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ride on, Alleyne, and tell this inn-keeper that an English knight with his party will lodge with him this night.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The nervous tissue found in that part of the central nervous system that is lodged in the vertebral canal.

(Gray Matter of the Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

A short deep groove extending upwards from the lobus caudatus in the liver and lodges the vena cava.

(Fissure of the Inferior Vena Cava, NCI Thesaurus)