- lodge
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verb
1 STAY SOMEWHERE (intransitive always + adv/prep) to pay someone rent so you can live in a room in their house(+ at/with etc): Paul lodged with a family in Bristol when he first started work.2 lodge a complaint/protest/appeal etc BrE to make a formal or official complaint, protest etc: They lodged a complaint against the doctor for negligence.3 BE STUCK (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive usually passive) to become firmly stuck somewhere, or make something become stuck(+ in/down etc): The fishbone lodged in her throat. | be lodged in/down etc: The bullet was lodged in his spine.4 PUT SB SOMEWHERE (T) to give or find someone a place to stay for a short time, usually for payment: a building used to lodge prisoners of war | lodge sb in/at etc: The refugees were lodged in old army barracks.5 IN A SAFE PLACE formal to put something in an official place so that it is safe: lodge sth with sb: Be sure to lodge a copy of the contract with your solicitor.2 noun (C)1 a small house built on the land of a large country house2 a room for someone whose job is to see who enters a building or around a building: the porter's lodge3 a small house in country or mountain areas, used by hunters, skiers ski 2 etc4a) an organisation of freemasons: a Masonic lodgeb) the building where this group meets5 a beaver 's home6 AmE a hotel in the mountains7 AmE a wigwam
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.