Lodge — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

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"

an often small house for recreational or seasonal use

"every summer we rent a small fishing lodge by the lake"

the meeting place of an organization

"the Masons meet at the lodge every Thursday evening"

the shelter or resting place of a wild animal

"the family of beavers built a lodge near the narrow point of the river"

to provide with living quarters or shelter

"the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time"

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"

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"