Meaning of cottage in English

cottage

noun [ C ]

/ˈkɒt.ɪdʒ/ us

/ˈkɑː.t̬ɪdʒ/

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a small house, usually in the countryside:

country cottage They live in an idyllic country cottage, with roses around the door.

thatched cottage He moved from London to live in a thatched cottage in the Cotswolds.

beach cottage We rented a little beach cottage on the North Carolina 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.

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cottage

noun [ C ]

/ˈkɑt̬·ɪdʒ/

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a small house, usually away from a city or town

(Definition of cottage from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of cottage

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The poor rates increasingly paid for cottage rents, off-loaded by landowners adopting stricter estate management practices.

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They allowed retired and elderly couples or single people to vacate cottages needed for working families, without obliging them to leave the village altogether.

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These cottage ranges are often found dispersed through the lands of the farm operated by the tenant living in the courtyard range.

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The cottage housed as many as ten people at times - a varying mix of children, young couples, old people, and in-laws.

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The primary objective in this case was to reinvigorate cottage industry by allowing farmers to purchase the materials and equipment necessary for spinning at home.

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This is obvious at many cottage ranges, where the dwellings are evidenced by large windows.

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On the other hand, country towns and cottage industries did not really prosper in the rural districts of the north-east.

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In contrast, the cottage range dwellings of the farm labourers appear to be undivided and there is usually little evidence for an end-wall fireplace.

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The course of improved manufacture which followed, was to spin the yarn in factories and to weave it in cottages.

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Each of the cottages and the main building had a small kitchen, toilets and shower facilities.

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Cottage accommodation, whilst being limited, was usually of a high standard.

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The vulnerability of the medieval house or cottage ensured that it needed constant attention.

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Of that cottage we must see more hereafter; it does not lie in our road now.

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The production system was transformed from a cottage industry into a factory system by the early 1910s.

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There are hints in the records that he made improvements and additions to the cottage.

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Collocations with cottage

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cottage garden

What would be the value of a cottage garden detached from the cottage?

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guest cottage

In addition to the main house, the property contains an original dairy, a rebuilt carriage house, and a guest cottage.

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little cottage

It is not merely the little cottage that, towards the end of his days, the old man has been able to buy.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

（通常指鄉村中的）小屋，村舍…

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