cottage

The definition of a cottage is a small, single story house on a farm or in the country, or on a resort and used as a vacation rental.

(noun)

An example of a cottage is a small house you would rent while on vacation.

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See cottage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a small, usually one-storied house, often one that is the dwelling of a peasant or a farm laborer
  2. ☆ a house at a resort or in the country, used for vacations or as a summer home
  3. ☆ any of several separate dwelling units, as of an institution or camp, in which residents are housed in small groups

Origin: ME cotage < ML cotagium < OFr cote or ME cot, cot

See cottage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A small, single-storied house, especially in the country.
  2. A small vacation house.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cotage

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Medieval Latin cotāgium

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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