Definition of cottage Cottage

/kɑˈtʌʤ/ - [katuj] - cot•tage

We found 11 definitions of cottage from 7 different sources.

What does cottage mean?

Noun
cottage - a small house with a single story
		bungalow

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cottage (Noun)
A small house; a cot; a hut.
cottage (Noun)
A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.
cottage (Noun)
A public toilet.
cottage (Verb)
To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
cottage (Verb)
Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.

cottage
kot′āj, n. a small dwelling-house, esp. of labourers, varying greatly in size, appearance, and comfort: a country residence.—adj. Cott′aged, covered with cottages.—n. Cott′ager, one who dwells in a cottage, esp. of labourers.—Cottage allotments, pieces of land allotted to cottagers to be cultivated as gardens; Cottage piano, a small upright piano. [See Cot.]

A small house is often called a cottage. This word comes from England where it is used to mean a house that has one main storey, with a second, lower storey of bedrooms which fit under the roof upstairs. In many places the word cottage is used to mean a small old-fashioned house. In the United States the word cottage is often used to mean a small holiday home.

Cottages are usually found in villages or in the countryside, rather than in the town. They are nearly always built from material that can be found nearby. A cottage may be built of stone, of brick or of timber. It may have a roof of tiles, slates, shingles, shakes or thatch.