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# lodge

«lodge» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small house or cabin in the country, mountains or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lodge, lodges); verb (lodge, lodges, lodged, lodging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small house or cabin in the country, mountains or a park, used for holidays, hunting or skiing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#m1)

2) A small house at the gate of a big estate, or a porter's room at a school or college. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#m2)

3) (verb) To become stuck firmly somewhere (a bone lodged in its throat). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#m3)

4) (verb) To stay in someone's house and pay rent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#m4)

5) (verb, formal) To officially make a complaint or request (lodge a complaint). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#m5)

6) (noun) A beaver's home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#m6)

7) A lodge can also be a tent or hut where some Native American peoples live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and holidays: a ski lodge, a hunting lodge. In science: beavers build lodges of sticks and mud. In safety: if food is lodged in someone's throat, get help (first aid). Phrases: lodge a complaint, lodged in, ski lodge.

### examples

- We stayed in a wooden lodge in the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#x1)
- Beavers build a lodge in the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#x2)
- A fish bone was lodged in his throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#x3)
- The ball lodged in the gutter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#x4)
- My parents lodged a complaint about the noise (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#x5)
- As a student, Gran lodged with a family in the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#x6)
- The ski lodge had a big fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#x7)
- Then it was that the people, terror-stricken, ran screaming into their lodges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/#x8)

### note

Noun countable; verb regular (lodged, lodging). Related: lodger (a person who pays to live in someone's home), lodgings (a rented room). Safety: if someone is choking because food is lodged in the throat, call for an adult and emergency help.

### In the corpora

- [Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.644/)
- [She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.646/)
- [(32-22) So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1021/)
- [And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.556/)
- [She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lodge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.