Lodge | Mean of lodge in English Dictionary

/ˈlɑːʤ/

• Verb
• to provide (someone) with a place to stay for a short period of time
1. The workers were lodged in temporary camps.
2. The refugees needed to be lodged and fed.
• to stay at a place for a short period of time
1. We lodged at the resort.
2. The guests lodged with their hosts overnight.
• to become stuck or fixed in a specified place or position
1. The bullet lodged in his brain.
2. The bullet lodged itself in his brain.
3. The bullet was lodged in his brain.
4. A fish bone got/became lodged in her throat.
5. a scene that is lodged in my memory [=a scene that I cannot forget]

• to present (something, such as a complaint) to someone so that it can be considered, dealt with, etc.
1. The group has lodged a grievance.
2. She lodged a complaint against her landlord in court.
3. He disputes the charges that have been lodged against him.
• to place (something, such as money) in something or with someone so that it can be kept safe
1. The funds were lodged in an offshore account.
2. The funds were lodged with an offshore bank.
• Noun
• a house or hotel in the country or mountains for people who are doing some outdoor activity
1. a hunting/ski lodge
• the place where a beaver lives
1. a beaver/beaver's lodge
• a local group that is part of a larger organization
1. He's a member of a Masonic lodge.
• a meeting place for the members of such a group
1. an annual dinner at the lodge
• a small house used by a person who works on an estate
1. the gamekeeper's lodge
• a shelter or room for the use of a worker (such as a gatekeeper, doorkeeper, or janitor) at a college
1. Ask for Professor Jones at the porter's lodge.
• the official residence of the head of a college that is part of a British university and especially Cambridge University
1. the Master's Lodge