LODGES

A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially as a college mailroom.

A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

To be firmly fixed in a specified position.

"I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth."

To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.

"The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street."

To stay in any place or shelter.