cottage

Examples

• All

• Welcome to our little French cottage for the week.

• Jobber crossed the small cottage quickly to warm her hands over the hearth fire.

  Fiction book (1991)

• It's like a cute little cottage house that I can show you guys.

• Why was this cottage built and why does it look that way?

• And so we lived in the cottage all year round.

• We talked about a book I already read last summer at our cottage.

  I Used to Be Funny (2024)

• The neighborhood seems to have had some workers' cottages as well as some larger homes.

  Academic text (2011)

• Further, the author lived in a cottage on the Missouri River.

  Academic text (2012)

• So why don't you stay in this little cottage and be warm?

  cari can read

• And then right behind this little cottage, they've got chickens.

Synonyms

H

house

vscottage

∞ 1.0

A building where one family lives

is smaller and simpler usually in rural areas and single storey

C

cabin

vscottage

351 1.0

A small simple wooden house in the countryside or woods

is more general and often in countryside with a simple single storey

H

hut

vscottage

217 1.0

A small simple building where people live or stay

is more comfortable and intended for full family living in countryside

S

shack

vscottage

131 1.8

A small rough shelter made from wood and metal scraps

is usually sturdier and designed for normal family living in countryside

B

bungalow

vscottage

49 2.7

A low house with one floor and often a wide porch

is typically rural and simple not just defined by one storey

L

log cabin

vscottage

12 2.5

A small house built from round pieces of wood, often in the woods

is broader and not limited to timber construction or rustic materials

C

chalet

vscottage

12 6.1

A wooden house with a sloping roof and wide eaves used for holidays in mountains

is more generic countryside housing without the specialized mountain features

Antonyms

M

mansion

327 3.4

A very large, impressive house often with many rooms and gardens

Compounds

C

cottage cheese

12 1.0

A soft white cheese with small lumps made from milk

C

cottage industry

8 3.7

A small business run at home by family members making goods

C

cottage pie

• UK

1 1.6

A baked dish of minced meat, usually beef, topped with mashed potatoes

C

cottage dweller

4.4

A person who lives in a small house in the countryside

C

cottage pink

• Specialized

8.3

A small garden plant with a strong sweet smell and pink or rosy flowers

C

cottage pink

5.5

A pale warm pink colour for walls or clothes

C

cottage tent

5.3

A large tent with walls and a roof big enough for a family

C

cottage tulip

• Specialized

6.0

A tulip with long stems and egg-shaped flowers that bloom in May

How Big

mansion

327 3.4

villa

55 3.2

house

∞ 1.0

cottage

171 1.0

hut

217 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology