cottage

[ kot-ij ]
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noun
  1. a small house, usually of only one story.

  2. a small, modest house at a lake, mountain resort, etc., owned or rented as a vacation home.

  1. one of a group of small, separate houses, as for patients at a hospital, guests at a hotel, or students at a boarding school.

Origin of cottage

1
1350–1400; Middle English cotage.See cot2, -age; compare Medieval Latin cotagium, apparently <Anglo-French

Other words from cottage

  • cottaged, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for cottage

cottage

/ (ˈkɒtɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. a small simple house, esp in a rural area

  2. US and Canadian a small house in the country or at a resort, used for holiday purposes

  1. US one of several housing units, as at a hospital, for accommodating people in groups

  2. slang a public lavatory

Origin of cottage

1
C14: from cot ²

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