cottagenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒt.ɪdʒ/us/ˈkɑː.t̬ɪdʒ/B1 a small house, usually in the countryside:
They live in an idyllic country/thatched cottage, with roses around the door.
We rented a little beach cottage on the North Caroline coast.
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- They've just bought a darling little cottage.
- She divides her time between her apartment in New York and her cottage in Yorkshire.
- They seem idyllically happy in their cottage.
- We used to while away the weekends at my aunt's cottage in the country.
- The cottage is situated in the middle of a wood at the end of a narrow potholed lane.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flophouse
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- gatehouse
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- rest home
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
- yurt
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