lodged

firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge the rusty, old bolts were so well lodged that a power wrench was needed to extract them Synonyms fast, firm, frozen, jammed, tight, set, snug, stuck, wedgedRelated Words bonded, cemented, glued; anchored, clamped; embedded (also imbedded), entrenched (also intrenched), impacted, implanted; attached, bound, fastened, secured; immovable, unyieldingNear Antonyms detached, dislodged, freed, loosened, unattached, unbound, undone, unfastened, unsecured; movable (or moveable), yieldingAntonyms insecure, loose