lodge

1 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 Synonyms auberge, caravansary (or caravanserai), hospice, hostel, hostelry, inn, hotel, public house, tavernRelated Words B and B, bed-and-breakfast, guesthouse; apartment hotel; accommodations, lodgings, rest; court, motel, motor court, motor inn, motor lodge, resort, spa, tourist court, youth hostel; camp, campground; bunkhouse, dorm, dormitory; boardinghouse, lodging house, rooming house; doss-house [chiefly British], fleabag, flophouse

2 an often small house for recreational or seasonal use every summer we rent a small fishing lodge by the lake Synonyms bach [New Zealand], cabin, camp, chalet, cottageRelated Words dacha, summerhouse; bungalow, cot; hut, shack, shanty

3 the meeting place of an organization the Masons meet at the lodge every Thursday evening Synonyms clubhouse, clubRelated Words den, hangout, haunt, hideaway, hideout, lair; camp, headquarters; conventicle, hall, house, meetinghouse

4 the shelter or resting place of a wild animal the family of beavers built a lodge near the narrow point of the river Synonyms burrow, hole, house, lair, denRelated Words nest; territory