Definition of Cottage

1. Noun. A small house with a single story.

Exact synonyms: Bungalow
Generic synonyms: House

Definition of Cottage

1. n. A small house; a cot; a hut.

Definition of Cottage

1. Noun. A small house; a cot; a hut. ¹

2. Noun. A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive British slang) Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging. ¹

4. Verb. To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cottage

1. a small house [n -S] : COTTAGEY [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cottage

cotransport
cotransported
cotransporter
cotransporters
cotransporting
cotransports
cotreatment
cotrimoxazole
cotrustee
cotrustees
cots
cott
cotta
cottae
cottage cheese
cottage dweller
cottage fries
cottage hospital
cottage hospitals
cottage industries
cottage industry
cottage pie
cottage pies
cottage pink
cottage tent
cottage tulip
cottaged
cottageless

Literary usage of Cottage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1906)
"not confined to a cottage or two now and again—the result is not entirely what is expected.' But, whatever savings may be made by the employment of ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"In an action for destruction of a cottage by fire, tax lists would be competent to show any estimate of the value of the property made by plaintiffs. 4. ..."

3. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"CHAPTER in THE RUINED cottage IT was delightful to see the glow and twinkle of the fire and to escape from the wet wind and the numbing cold, ..."

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