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Definition of cottage in English: cottagenounˈkɒtɪdʒˈkɑdɪdʒ 1A small house, typically one in the country. Example sentencesExamples - What if a very noisy family takes the cottage for a weekend retreat?
- Some 40 per cent of the houses are either holiday cottages or weekend havens for wealthy townies.
- The isolated cottage is surrounded by rolling hills with arable farms, and forest.
- The properties are a mixture of units, town houses, cottages and villas, with an average of two occupants per dwelling.
- Each has its own problems, made up of a different mix of second homes, holiday cottages, long-distance commuters and the wealthy retired.
- We lived in a cozy cottage here and ate simple delicious meals.
- About a third of homes in the upper Yorkshire Dales are second homes or holiday cottages and three-quarters of house sales are to outsiders.
- Stepping inside, Allie paused to look around at the cottage's simple elegance.
- Located in an area of great natural beauty, this tastefully restored farm cottage will appeal to those seeking peace and seclusion.
- From the front, the home would be a simple white cottage with a welcoming front porch, topped by a high, peaked black roof.
- They have also refurbished cottages to provide holiday lets for visitors and sportsmen.
- Many city dwellers still view themselves as partly rural, a fact attested to by a weekend and holiday return to cottages in the countryside.
- It was the simple cottage where he had spent his childhood, recreated in perfect detail.
- Next weekend I start a week's holiday in a cottage in the Cotswalds.
- Sixty houses are believed to have been built by him and rented out at moderate rates, and poor children were invited to his country cottage during the summer holidays.
- The most popular form of relaxation for city dwellers is to spend a weekend at a country cottage.
- Behind the castle was a small village of simple little cottages.
- His newest home was a simple cottage, with a small attic under the roof.
- Around a dozen estate houses and cottages, a farm and 704 acres of forestry complete the picture.
- Those who live in Prague spend their holidays in country cottages working in the garden and enjoying the outdoors.
- 1.1 A simple house forming part of a farm, used by a worker.
Example sentencesExamples - The production company has applied for the access road that leads to the farm and four cottages to be closed 24-hours a day for a month for filming purposes.
- The house wasn't like other houses; most were simple cottages with a small tool shed and the occasional barn and garden.
- The first permanent settlers built a stone cottage on the farm in 1852.
- We were able to hire experienced blade shearers who stayed in the cottage on the farm.
- Crouching, he could see through the window to the farm fields behind the cottage.
- I'd hoped to keep up the work in a freelance, semidetached kind of way, but in reality, I spent most of my days feathering our nest - a cottage on the farm.
- When you step onto the cupped stair tread of an old farm cottage or Victorian rambler you think of all the people who passed this way before you.
- Sam started his talk by showing how things were in days gone by, showing slides of a once thriving community, including a school, cottages for the cement workers, and most importantly the ferryman's house.
- There are some days when the trees just seem greener than ever, the cottages and farms seem more romantic, and the sunshine seems to follow in your path.
- All except one are outside in converted farm cottages, just a quick saunter across a courtyard.
- The road then bends to the right, past a farm cottage with a boisterous beck tumbling from the brackened heights behind.
- Budding archaeologists will be able to ‘excavate’ a medieval burial site as well as parts of a Roman fortress, a Viking city and Victorian workers' cottages.
- Kicking the farm workers out of their cottages and jobs without compensation just seemed like vengeance.
- Now often the single men working on a farm have a cottage for accommodation and cook for themselves.
- Skelton expanded during the 19th century when cottages for farm labourers were built as well as some larger houses.
- After a quiet stretch, the road passes a disused quarry on the right and then reaches a farm and some cottages.
- Access to the bunker is through a cellar door in a farm cottage next to a quiet road.
- Back then, Rawcliffe was a nothing but a village of two farms and five cottages.
- Money was also poured into building cottages for estate workers, servants quarters at the back of the new castle, additional workshops and new stables.
- Corporal Robert Moulton, farm supervisor, lived in the cottage built on the farm until 1857.
Synonyms small house, house, bungalow, villa, lodge, chalet, cabin, shack, shanty holiday home, holiday cottage, retreat home, residence, place, abode in Scotland bothy in Russia dacha in France gîte Scottish but and ben South African rondavel informal pad, semi North American informal crib Australian informal weekender literary bower archaic cot
2British informal (in the context of casual homosexual encounters) a public toilet.
verbˈkɒtɪdʒ [no object]usually as noun cottagingBritish informal Perform homosexual acts in a public toilet. I was busted for cottaging
Derivatives adjective Hanging baskets abound in pleasant, semi-urban imitation of cottagey kitsch. Example sentencesExamples - Lots of people do more intermingled plantings, in the cottagey way, but that's not for me.
- Over the years, Kathy's gardening style has evolved from an English-influenced formality to a more relaxed, cottagey vision.
- Two slender candlestick lamps take up less bedside space and add to the cottagey feel.
- To maintain the home's cottagey front exterior, they located the new garage behind the house, where it's not visible from the street.
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cotage and Anglo-Latin cotagium, from cot2 or cote. Definition of cottage in US English: cottagenounˈkɑdɪdʒˈkädij 1A small simple house, typically one near a lake or beach. Example sentencesExamples - His newest home was a simple cottage, with a small attic under the roof.
- The properties are a mixture of units, town houses, cottages and villas, with an average of two occupants per dwelling.
- Stepping inside, Allie paused to look around at the cottage's simple elegance.
- Sixty houses are believed to have been built by him and rented out at moderate rates, and poor children were invited to his country cottage during the summer holidays.
- The isolated cottage is surrounded by rolling hills with arable farms, and forest.
- Some 40 per cent of the houses are either holiday cottages or weekend havens for wealthy townies.
- Around a dozen estate houses and cottages, a farm and 704 acres of forestry complete the picture.
- What if a very noisy family takes the cottage for a weekend retreat?
- Those who live in Prague spend their holidays in country cottages working in the garden and enjoying the outdoors.
- Behind the castle was a small village of simple little cottages.
- It was the simple cottage where he had spent his childhood, recreated in perfect detail.
- Many city dwellers still view themselves as partly rural, a fact attested to by a weekend and holiday return to cottages in the countryside.
- The most popular form of relaxation for city dwellers is to spend a weekend at a country cottage.
- From the front, the home would be a simple white cottage with a welcoming front porch, topped by a high, peaked black roof.
- Located in an area of great natural beauty, this tastefully restored farm cottage will appeal to those seeking peace and seclusion.
- Each has its own problems, made up of a different mix of second homes, holiday cottages, long-distance commuters and the wealthy retired.
- We lived in a cozy cottage here and ate simple delicious meals.
- About a third of homes in the upper Yorkshire Dales are second homes or holiday cottages and three-quarters of house sales are to outsiders.
- Next weekend I start a week's holiday in a cottage in the Cotswalds.
- They have also refurbished cottages to provide holiday lets for visitors and sportsmen.
- 1.1 A dwelling forming part of a farm establishment, used by a worker.
Example sentencesExamples - When you step onto the cupped stair tread of an old farm cottage or Victorian rambler you think of all the people who passed this way before you.
- The house wasn't like other houses; most were simple cottages with a small tool shed and the occasional barn and garden.
- The road then bends to the right, past a farm cottage with a boisterous beck tumbling from the brackened heights behind.
- There are some days when the trees just seem greener than ever, the cottages and farms seem more romantic, and the sunshine seems to follow in your path.
- Access to the bunker is through a cellar door in a farm cottage next to a quiet road.
- Money was also poured into building cottages for estate workers, servants quarters at the back of the new castle, additional workshops and new stables.
- I'd hoped to keep up the work in a freelance, semidetached kind of way, but in reality, I spent most of my days feathering our nest - a cottage on the farm.
- The first permanent settlers built a stone cottage on the farm in 1852.
- Crouching, he could see through the window to the farm fields behind the cottage.
- Sam started his talk by showing how things were in days gone by, showing slides of a once thriving community, including a school, cottages for the cement workers, and most importantly the ferryman's house.
- Now often the single men working on a farm have a cottage for accommodation and cook for themselves.
- All except one are outside in converted farm cottages, just a quick saunter across a courtyard.
- Budding archaeologists will be able to ‘excavate’ a medieval burial site as well as parts of a Roman fortress, a Viking city and Victorian workers' cottages.
- After a quiet stretch, the road passes a disused quarry on the right and then reaches a farm and some cottages.
- Corporal Robert Moulton, farm supervisor, lived in the cottage built on the farm until 1857.
- The production company has applied for the access road that leads to the farm and four cottages to be closed 24-hours a day for a month for filming purposes.
- We were able to hire experienced blade shearers who stayed in the cottage on the farm.
- Kicking the farm workers out of their cottages and jobs without compensation just seemed like vengeance.
- Skelton expanded during the 19th century when cottages for farm labourers were built as well as some larger houses.
- Back then, Rawcliffe was a nothing but a village of two farms and five cottages.
Synonyms small house, house, bungalow, villa, lodge, chalet, cabin, shack, shanty
Origin Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cotage and Anglo-Latin cotagium, from cot or cote. |