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Lodge vs Federation - What's the difference?

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Lodge is a related term of federation.


As nouns the difference between lodge and federation

is that lodge is a building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin while federation is federation.

As a verb lodge

is to be firmly fixed in a specified position.

lodge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
  • Porter's]] or [[caretaker, caretaker's rooms at or near the main entrance to a building or an estate.
  • A local chapter of some fraternities]], such as [[freemason, freemasons.
  • (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
  • A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
  • A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
  • A den or cave.
  • The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
  • (mining) 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.
    • (Raymond)
  • A collection of objects lodged together.
  • * De Foe
    • the Maldives, a famous lodge of islands
  • 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 tribe consists of about two hundred lodges , that is, of about a thousand individuals.

    Verb

    (lodg)
  • To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
    • I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.
    The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.
  • 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.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Stay and lodge by me this night.
  • * Milton
    • Something holy lodges in that breast.
  • To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
  • To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
  • To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
  • To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
    • The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge .

    Derived terms

    * lodger * lodging * lodgement

    Anagrams

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    federation

    English

    (wikipedia federation)

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of joining together into a single (l) (l).
    • It is 106 years since federation .
  • Array of (l) or states that are (l) under one central authority which is elected by its members.
  • Any (l) or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
  • (computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

    • Adjective

    (Federation architecture) (-)
  • (Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.
    • We live in a federation house.
  • * 2000 , Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific , page 221,
    • The Federation house claimed a unique place in architecture, even if it offended architects.
  • * 2002 , Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Australia: Handbook , page 754,
    • Five Chimneys', 15 Maria St, T8563 0240. Comfortable accomodation in large ' federation house , spa, swimming pool.
  • * 2010 , Adrian Franklin, Collecting the 20th Century , page 27,
    • Plaster kookaburras from the 1930s would still look good in a nature-themed Federation house; h27 cm.
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