cottage

[kot-ij]

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.

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

cottage

/ ˈkɒtɪdʒ /

noun

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

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

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

4. slang,  a public lavatory

Other Word Forms

• cottaged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cottage¹

1350–1400; Middle English cotage. See cot ², -age; compare Medieval Latin cotagium, apparently < Anglo-French

Word History and Origins

Origin of cottage¹

C14: from _cot ²

Example Sentences

The venue, on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, also features a fully restored cottage for newlyweds who get married there, as well as multiple areas where couples can say their "I do's".

From BBC

She wanted to witness the devastation that wiped out 10,700 homes, including the small white cottage where she grew up, and turned the dense forest of her youth into a bleak landscape.

From Los Angeles Times

Second, tying liberty to wealth — and allowing other people to profit off the provision of liberty, thereby creating a cottage industry of freedom loans — is morally repugnant.

From Salon

At the official song contest draw to decide the running order, international delegations are being treated to a Russian feast, including cottage cheese pancakes and gingerbread sporting the Intervision logo.

From BBC

The bright green cottage from children's television show Balamory has been put on the market on the Isle of Mull.

From BBC

Related Words

• bungalow 
• cabin 
• chalet 
• home 
• hut 
• lean-to 
• lodge 
• ranch 
• shack 
• shanty