lodge
A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
Noun 4 meanings
A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
A local chapter of a trade union.
A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
Verb 4 meanings
To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
“The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.”
To firmly fix in a specified position.
“I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.”
To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
“The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.”
To stay in any place or shelter.
Etymology
From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“an arbour, a covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“a porch, a gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby.
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LODGE at a glance
LODGE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + D 2 + G 2 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,164 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with lodge
All rhymesOne letter away
- DODGE8
- LEDGE7
- PODGE9
- LONGE6
- BODGE9
- WODGE10
- MODGE9
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