What does lodge mean?
Word: Lodge
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Lodge means to live in someone else's home for a short time, usually paying for the room. It can also mean to become fixed in one place and be hard to move. As a noun, a lodge is a small house in a forest or on a hillside where visitors spend the night.
Synonyms: board
How do you spell lodge?
Syllables: lodge
Tricky part: The d is hard to hear before the j sound, so it often goes missing.
Watch out for: lodje, loje
Memory tip: Before you write the j sound at the end, stop and put in the quiet d that comes in front of it.
Lodge in a sentence
Example 1: My uncle lodged with a family in Paris while he studied there.
Example 2: A tiny pebble lodged in my shoe as we walked to school.
Example 3: Our scout group spent two nights in a wooden lodge near the lake.
Fun Fact
Beavers build homes called lodges out of sticks and mud, with the entrance hidden under water.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) hesitate
b) trembel
c) whisper
d) lodge
Show answer
b) trembel. Tremble ends in le, the same way as simple and humble.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
l_dg_
a) u, e
b) a, e
c) o, e
d) o, a
Show answer
c) o, e. Lodge rhymes with dodge, so it has an o, and it ends with a quiet e.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
lodge
a) leave
b) wander
c) hurry
d) stay
Show answer
d) stay. To lodge somewhere is to stay there for a while; leaving, hurrying and wandering do not fit.
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
____lodge
a) dis
b) im
c) mis
d) de
Show answer
a) dis. To dislodge something is to push it out of the spot where it was stuck.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If a kite lodges in a tree, it ____.
a) falls into a river
b) flies higher
c) gets stuck in the branches
d) breaks into pieces
Show answer
c) gets stuck in the branches
2. A family on holiday in Munnar might lodge at ____.
a) a ticket counter at the station
b) a stall in the vegetable market
c) a bus stop on the main road
d) a guest house near the tea gardens
Show answer
d) a guest house near the tea gardens
