cottage
noun /ˈkɒtɪdʒ/
/ˈkɑːtɪdʒ/
- a small house, especially in the country
enlarge image- a thatched cottage
- (British English) a holiday cottage
- in a cottage James lived in a charming country cottage with roses around the door.
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1, Buildingsb1, Holidaysb1- It was her dream to have a little cottage in the country
- They built a small guest cottage on their land.
- They lived in a tied cottage on the estate.
- They put us up in a guest cottage next to their house.
- We rented a cottage for a week.
- We stayed in a cottage on a farm.
- They rented a holiday cottage in the middle of nowhere.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- humble
- little
- simple
- …
- have
- own
- live in
- …
- home
- garden
- industry
- …
- in a/the cottage
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cotage and Anglo-Latin cotagium, from cot, a small shelter for livestock or cote, a shelter for mammals or birds.
