1
: the dwelling of a farm laborer or small farmer
2
: a usually small frame one-family house
3
: a small detached dwelling unit at an institution
4
: a usually small house for vacation use
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We rented a cottage for the weekend.
She owns a cottage at the beach.
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That cottage as well as all the others come with discounts to the Cog Railway and some local theaters, as well as access to the pool and gym at the Mountain View Grand.
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Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Their family, unlike the families of most of Lilian’s schoolmates, lived not in an apartment building with central heating and running water but in a one-room cottage, which was no more than a shack.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Doze in a river house on the banks of the Atchafalaya or in an 1840s cottage turned bed-and-breakfast on the shores of Lake Martin.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
The stone-and-thatch rooms and freestanding cottages are built from local materials, designed by two Frank Lloyd Wright alums to blend into the landscape, and have wooden four-poster beds; some cottages sit along a rocky volcanic cliff with terraces jutting over the sea.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
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Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Their family, unlike the families of most of Lilian’s schoolmates, lived not in an apartment building with central heating and running water but in a one-room cottage, which was no more than a shack.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Doze in a river house on the banks of the Atchafalaya or in an 1840s cottage turned bed-and-breakfast on the shores of Lake Martin.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
The stone-and-thatch rooms and freestanding cottages are built from local materials, designed by two Frank Lloyd Wright alums to blend into the landscape, and have wooden four-poster beds; some cottages sit along a rocky volcanic cliff with terraces jutting over the sea.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Cottage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cottage. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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cottage
noun
cot·tage
ˈkät-ij 
1
: a small one-family house
2
: a small house for vacation use
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