lodge

a building in the woods or hills that is kept for holidays and hunting

A rural hotel or resort, an inn.

A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

(US) A local chapter of a trade union.

Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.

A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.

A den or cave.

A Native American home, such as teepee or wigwam.

The people who live in one such home; a household.

(historical) A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.

The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.

A collection of objects lodged together.

The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.

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

To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.

To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).

To be firmly fixed in a specified position.

To firmly fix in a specified position.

To stay in any place or shelter.

To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.

To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.

To drive (an animal) to covert.