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 Words From

• cottaged 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 Magic Cottage had taken over the unit last year, which was previously occupied for nearly a century by family-run department store Richards of Abergavenny.

From BBC

The Magic Cottage, which supports children with additional needs and life-limiting illnesses, was the epicentre of the blaze which broke out in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, on Sunday night.

From BBC

Proposition 65, they say, has resulted in a cottage industry of so-called bounty hunters that target California companies for payouts.

From Los Angeles Times

The affected building, at the rear of the Magic Cottage charity shop, remained alight on Monday morning but no injuries were reported.

From BBC

Rather than the extensive home at Royal Lodge, previously occupied by the Queen Mother, it has been suggested that the prince could move to the smaller Frogmore Cottage, once occupied by Prince Harry and Meghan, as it would have a much lower maintenance and security cost.

From BBC

Related Words

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