Synonyms for
Lodged
Definition
To be fixed or stuck in a particular place or position.
Synonyms & similar words
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- lodged in
- lodged a complaint
- lodged a protest
- lodged in the throat
- lodged securely
- lodged a claim
- lodged a report
Word family
Usage note
Often used in the context of something becoming stuck or fixed in a place, or for formally registering a complaint or claim.
Example sentences
- The door was lodged shut and wouldn't budge.
- The fishhook lodged in the fish's mouth.
- The bullet lodged in the wall.
- I felt something lodged in my throat.
- The stone lodged in the tire and caused a flat.
Quotes
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. An honest man's the noblest work of God. The devil was the first rogue that lodged in our family. - Thomas Fuller
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
A great city, however large, is nothing more than a collection of villages. - Nelson Mandela