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Word: Lodge
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English loge, via Old French loge ‘arbour, hut’ from medieval Latin laubia, lobia (see lobby), of Germanic origin; related to German Laube ‘arbour’
lɒdʒ
a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, or other employee.
Short Definition:small house at park gates
a branch or meeting place of an organization such as the Freemasons
Short Definition:branch of organization
Examples:- the foundation of the Grand Lodge of England
Word: Lodge
Speech Type: Verb
lɒdʒ
present (a complaint, appeal, claim, etc.) formally to the proper authorities
Short Definition:present complaint etc. to authorities
Examples:- he has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal
make or become firmly fixed or embedded in a place
Short Definition:make or become firmly fixed in place
Examples:- they had to remove a bullet lodged near his spine
- the image had lodged in her mind
rent accommodation in another person's house
Short Definition:rent accommodation in another's house
Examples:- the man who lodged in the room next door
(of wind or rain) flatten (a standing crop)
Short Definition:flatten standing crop
Examples:- the variety is high yielding, but it has mostly lodged
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