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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
Bryan West, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
See North America’s apex predators: Canada’s Tweedsmuir Park Lodge heli-ski resort transforms into a grizzly bear viewing lodge from May to October, complete with on-property raised viewing decks and photography float tours via slow-moving river rafts.
—AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Wilson says the low-income area in DC's Ward 8 has endured several shootouts in which bullets struck houses, cars and even lodged in children’s bedrooms in recent years.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The creative compound is home to four recording studios, a lodge with seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, and apartments that guests can rent on AirBnb.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
See North America’s apex predators: Canada’s Tweedsmuir Park Lodge heli-ski resort transforms into a grizzly bear viewing lodge from May to October, complete with on-property raised viewing decks and photography float tours via slow-moving river rafts.
—AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
Paramount stresses that Gray, understanding that the union’s decision is binding, chose to stay silent rather than lodge a claim.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Wilson says the low-income area in DC's Ward 8 has endured several shootouts in which bullets struck houses, cars and even lodged in children’s bedrooms in recent years.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodge
Noun
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So, everyone staying at these hotels is part of the show.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Hosting every summit in a big European city would alleviate much of the pressure to re-invent the wheel every time with respect to hotels, transit, and other boring but essential logistical details.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Sugar Social dessert picnic convened Sacramento’s community of cottage bakers — who run baking small baking businesses out of their home kitchens — in an end-of-summer celebration.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Ancillary structures include four smaller cottages, plus a new one-bedroom residence.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the Red Sox clubhouse, Anthony gestured to Crochet.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Machado had a car waiting for his return to San Diego and declined to speak on his way out of the clubhouse.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Going directly from cooking inside the house and only trying my own food to trying small restaurants and traveling within a week’s span was a blessing.—
Kenneth J. Williams Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Another acquaintance confirmed rumors that the two, at least until recently, were living in a house in Bloomfield — a house that had McCrory for Senate signs in the front yard when featured on an internet real estate site.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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The organization will provide housing and amenities for more than 400 volunteers camping on-site, alongside 500 additional day volunteers drawn from recovery facilities across Appalachia.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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While the majority of American homes can support such an outlet, the agency, Telemetry, found that one-third of American homeowners with garages can’t park there.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Eyewitnesses also reported a blue Chevrolet Monte Carlo that was parked outside the Hibbs’ home on the day of the murder.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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And unlike most states, Kentucky and its utilities have not enacted EV incentives, even as the industry spends billions of dollars to root an EV supply chain in the commonwealth.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
13 Aug. 2025
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And perhaps then local can return to its original meaning: simply, proudly, of a place — rooted, not reduced or reconstituted in the language of empire.—
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf,
semafor.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Sunny and Ulla had first met by Riverside Park, in the cafeteria line of a hostel for international students and American students interested in an international experience.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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The plane crashed into a hostel for the B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital (BJMC).—
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 30 Aug. 2025.
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