"porter's lodge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: porters' lodges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|porters' lodges}} porter's lodge (plural porters' lodges)
  1. A building for the porter(s) near the gate of a castle, college, etc., (historical) formerly used as a place of punishment for the staff. Categories (topical): Buildings, Rooms Synonyms: porter-lodge, porters' lodge Synonyms (building): guardhouse Derived forms: plodge
    Sense id: en-porter's_lodge-en-noun-Zebd5-n0 Disambiguation of Buildings: 60 40 Disambiguation of Rooms: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'building': 100 0
  2. (UK, Canada) An equivalent room near the gate of a college, chiefly used as a mailroom. Tags: Canada, UK Categories (topical): Post, Rooms Synonyms (room): mailroom Translations (Translations): 門房 (Chinese Mandarin), 门房 (ménfáng) (Chinese Mandarin), guardiola (Italian), gabbiotto (Italian), cellula (Latin)
    Sense id: en-porter's_lodge-en-noun-jwdj-OAQ Disambiguation of Post: 44 56 Disambiguation of Rooms: 51 49 Categories (other): British English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'room': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (all): plodge, lodge
Disambiguation of 'all': 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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