[lɒdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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

- a branch or meeting place of an organization such as the Freemasons
(e.g: the foundation of the Grand Lodge of England)


Phrases:

Origin:
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], (Verb)

Definitions:
- present (a complaint, appeal, claim, etc.) formally to the proper authorities
(e.g: he has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal)

- make or become firmly fixed or embedded in a place
(e.g: they had to remove a bullet lodged near his spine)

- rent accommodation in another person's house
(e.g: the man who lodged in the room next door)

- (of wind or rain) flatten (a standing crop)
(e.g: the variety is high yielding, but it has mostly lodged)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English loge, via Old French loge ‘arbour, hut’ from medieval Latin laubia, lobia (see lobby), of Germanic origin; related to German Laube ‘arbour’