cottage

American  

[kot-ij] / ˈkɒt ɪdʒ /

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.

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cottage British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• cottaged adjective

Etymology

Origin of cottage

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

Example Sentences

The victim was staying at a holiday cottage near to Williams's racehorse training centre.

From BBC

Yet it appears instead to have spawned a cottage industry spinning out fresh Epstein conspiracy theories.

From The Wall Street Journal

The court heard he and the police took Dandridge to the holiday cottage he was renting and Williams was apologising as he had hurt himself on his land.

From BBC

She leaned against her cane with one hand, but the other hand, stained with peat, was up against the cottage doorway, trembling the slightest bit.

From Literature

Dandridge was trying to explain he was staying in a holiday cottage, but this did not register with the defendant, the prosecution said.

From BBC

Related Words

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