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Definition of cottage noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cottage

noun
 
 
/ˈkɒtɪdʒ/
 
/ˈkɑːtɪdʒ/
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  1. a small house, especially in the country
    • a thatched cottage
    • (British English) a holiday cottage
    • in a cottage James lived in a charming country cottage with roses around the door.
    Extra Examples
    • 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.
    Topics Houses and homesb1, Buildingsb1, Holidaysb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • humble
    • little
    • simple
    • …
    verb + cottage
    • have
    • own
    • live in
    • …
    cottage + noun
    • home
    • garden
    • industry
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the cottage
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    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.
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