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lodges

noun

Meaning

  1. A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
  2. Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially as a college mailroom.
  3. A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
  4. A local chapter of a trade union.
  5. A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
  6. A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
  7. To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
  8. To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
  9. To stay in any place or shelter.
  10. To drive (an animal) to covert.
  11. To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
  12. To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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