lodge

I UK [lɒdʒ] / US [lɑdʒ] verb
Word forms "lodge":
present tense I/you/we/they lodge he/she/it lodges present participle lodging past tense lodged past participle lodged
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1) [transitive] to formally make something such as a complaint or a claim

An appeal has been lodged against the court's decision.

She lodged a complaint with the city council.

2) [intransitive/transitive] to become firmly fixed somewhere, usually accidentally

A piece of meat lodged in his throat.

The bullet is still lodged in her brain.

3) [intransitive/transitive] to live somewhere temporarily, usually paying rent to live in someone else's house, or to provide someone with a place to live

4) [transitive] to give something valuable to someone so that they can keep it safe

The money had been lodged with a Swiss bank.

II UK [lɒdʒ] / US [lɑdʒ] noun [countable]
Word forms "lodge":
singular lodge plural lodges

1)

a) a small simple house in the countryside that people stay in, for example when they go hunting or fishing

b) a small house built on land belonging to a large house

2) a small room at the entrance to a building such as a university, used by the person who lets people in and out

3) a local group that belongs to an organization such as the freemasons, or the place where such a group meets

4) the home that a beaver makes