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as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
when we go on our country vacation, we always stay at this little lodge in the middle of nowhere
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as in clubhouse
the meeting place of an organization
the Masons meet at the lodge every Thursday evening
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time
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as in to park
to establish or place comfortably or snugly
our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out
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as in to root
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine
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Recent Examples of lodge
Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 24 June 2025
Adventure intel: Set out on morning hikes or mountain bike rides around the rim right from the lodge.
—Chloe Berge, Outside Online, 17 June 2025
Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
The bullet exited the woman’s left temple and then lodged in Holiday’s forearm.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
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Noun
Here, overlooking Scallop Pond, is a hunting lodge built by Colonel Henry Huttleston Rogers Jr., the son of Henry Huttleston Rogers, one of the founders of Standard Oil.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 24 June 2025
Adventure intel: Set out on morning hikes or mountain bike rides around the rim right from the lodge.
—Chloe Berge, Outside Online, 17 June 2025
Verb
Many of Swift’s other albums have already been lodged in the Billboard 200 and are expected to see quite a boost when the full chart is published Monday; Sunday’s reveal by Luminate and Billboard only covers the top 10.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
The bullet exited the woman’s left temple and then lodged in Holiday’s forearm.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodge
Noun
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The luxury conglomerate has just sold its only U.S. hotel, the five-star El Encanto resort in California.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
9 July 2025
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Other stars, including Sydney Sweeney, Orlando Bloom, Tom Brady, Kim Kardashian, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kylie Jenner and others, boarded water taxis at various hotels in Venice ahead of the couple's extravagant welcome party.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Another boon of this cottage garden staple is its deer resistance.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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The tale toggles between Los Angeles during the 1950s McCarthy era, and 2018, when Chazan's granddaughter Gemma decamps to his old Carmel cottage to meet her own personal and professional destiny.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
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Neighbors and her family threw two big parties at Tahitian Terrace, where the clubhouse was decorated in her favorite color, royal blue.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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Led by artists Michael Townsend and Adriana Valdez Young, the crew spent four years hanging out in their clubhouse, right under the noses of mall security.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The cat spooks, darting under a pile of debris that was once a house.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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Meanwhile, videos circulating on social media show a house being swept up in the surge in Ruidoso as rushing waters tore through previously burn-scarred terrain from wildfires.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Under a lingering threat of rain, plenty of fans (many of whom had camped out for prime real estate in the pit) knew some moves, and plenty more learned a few.—
jsonline.com,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 July 2025
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Slide outs can only be used when the bus is parked.—
Pam Windsor,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The Idaho Department of Transportation reminded drivers in an Instagram post to move over when a vehicle is parked on the shoulder of the road and to move over for all emergency vehicles with flashing lights, including critical-incident response vehicles and tow trucks.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
7 July 2025
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At the time, this was assumed in some quarters to be related to the decision to replace driver Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto as Pierre Gasly’s team-mate in a 2025 season where Alpine is rooted to the bottom of the constructors’ championship.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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Take cuttings from woody herbs, such as rosemary and lavender, and root them in a well-draining medium, like perlite or moist sand.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 July 2025
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The jet barely reached 625 feet in altitude before descending rapidly and crashing into a hostel for medical students.—
Shane Croucher
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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There were 242 people on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, bound for London, that crashed shortly after takeoff in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, smashing in a fiery blast into a medical college hostel, killing and injuring more people on the ground.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
13 June 2025
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“Lodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodge. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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