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cottage
cot·tage C0676900 (kŏt′ĭj)n.1. A small, single-storied house, especially in the country.2. A usually small vacation house.
[Middle English cotage, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin cotāgium, of Germanic origin.]cottage (ˈkɒtɪdʒ) n1. (Architecture) a small simple house, esp in a rural area2. (Architecture) US and Canadian a small house in the country or at a resort, used for holiday purposes3. US one of several housing units, as at a hospital, for accommodating people in groups4. slang a public lavatory[C14: from cot2]cot•tage (ˈkɒt ɪdʒ)
n. 1. a small house, usu. of only one story. 2. a small, modest vacation house, as at a lake or mountain resort. 3. one of a group of small, separate houses, as for patients at a hospital. [1350–1400; Middle English cotage. See cot2, -age; compare Medieval Latin cotagium, appar. < Anglo-French] cottageA small country dwelling place usually originally built for a farm laborer and his family.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  cottage - a small house with a single story bungalowhouse - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
cottagenoun cabin, lodge, hut, shack, chalet, but-and-ben (Scot.), cot We used to have a cottage in Scotland.Translationscot (kot) noun1. (American crib) a small bed with high sides for a child etc. One of the wooden rails of the cot is broken. 幼兒床 儿童摇床2. (American) a camp bed. （美國）行軍床 （美国）行军床 ˈcot death noun (American crib death) the sudden death of a baby during sleep, which cannot yet be explained medically. （美國稱為crib death）嬰兒猝死症 （美国）婴儿猝死症 cottage (ˈkotidʒ) noun a small house, especially in the country or in a village. a holiday cottage in Devon. (鄉下或村落的)小房舍 （乡下或村落的）小屋，农舍 cottage
shotgun cottage(chiefly Southern United States slang) A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother's shotgun cottage in New Orleans, it always feels like we're all right on top of one another.See also: cottage, shotguncottage industry1. A small-scale industry carried out by people in their own homes. When my grandmother was a girl, she was part of a cottage industry that made textiles, along with the rest of her family.2. A small (and often loosely organized) network or business. It looks like you guys have a nice little cottage industry raking leaves.3. An area of study pursued by a few passionate people. I understand that not everyone is interested in tracing minute details in modernist texts, but it's a cottage industry for a few people in the Master's program, like myself!See also: cottage, industrycottage
cottage1. 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 CottageA small rustic country house of the late eighteenth century. Cottage a single-family, individual residence (either urban or rural) on a small plot of land. Most cottages have two stories and an interior staircase. On the first floor there are usually pantries, a living room, and a kitchen; the bedrooms are on the second floor. After its emergence in England in the late 16th and early 17th century, the cottage became the traditional type of English dwelling. Cottages are also widespread in other European countries (primarily the Scandinavian countries) and in the United States. Most of the cottages in the USSR were built in the 1920's, primarily in new factory settlements. REFERENCEIkonnikov, A. V. Sovremennaia arkhitektura Anglii…. Leningrad, 1958. Pages 125-40.cottage1. A relatively small house, often in a village, in the countryside, in a suburb, or at the seashore. 2. A small vacation house. 3. A dwelling, often temporary, that provides only basic shelter. 4. An imposing mansion (as found in Newport, Rhode Island). Also see banquette cottage, Cajun cottage, Chicago cottage, Dutch cottage, Normandy cottage, one-and-one-half bay cottage, one-bay cottage, one-room cottage, palma cottage, prairie cottage, raised cottage, tidewater cottage, two-bay cottage.MedicalSeeCOTCottage
Related to Cottage: Cottage countryCOTTAGE, estates. A small dwelling house. See 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 216; Sheph. Touchst. 94; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1571, note.
2. The grant of a cottage, it is said, passes a small dwelling-house, which has no land belonging to it. Shep. To. 94. cottage
Related to cottage: Cottage countrySynonyms for cottagenoun cabinSynonyms- cabin
- lodge
- hut
- shack
- chalet
- but-and-ben
- cot
Synonyms for cottagenoun a small house with a single storySynonymsRelated Words |