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How to pronounce cottage in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bungalow
Type of house

Examples of cottage

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Corruption is virtually a cottage industry in its dense array of smaller cities.
From the sacbee.com
A guest cottage can also be a dignified way to provide care for aging relatives.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The cottage is part of the property Margaux purchased from the Harrises in 2008.
From the sacbee.com
Set against the white board-and-batten cottage, the whole looks crisp and clean.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Part of the utilities is to provide heat to the pipes located under the cottage.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Eat a high-protein breakfast such as Greek yogurt, egg whites or cottage cheese.
From the tennessean.com
In the morning I meet retired store detective Marilyn Grech, 57, at her cottage.
From the independent.co.uk
The cottage is within walking distance of downtown Franklin shopping and dining.
From the tennessean.com
If the bedchamber suggested classic beach cottage, the bathroom was pure modern.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Bungalow: a small house with a single story
  • In modern usage, a cottage is a modest dwelling, typically in a rural, or semi-rural location (although there are cottage-style dwellings in cities). In the United Kingdom, the term cottage tends to denote a rurally- (sometimes village) located property, of traditional build. ...
  • The Cottage (2008) is a darkly comic horror film, written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams.
  • The Cottage is a 19th century plantation complex located near Upper Marlboro in Prince George's County, Maryland. The complex consists of the principal three-part plantation house with its grouping of domestic outbuildings and four tenant farms, scattered over 282 acres. ...
  • (Cottages (Van Gogh painting)) Cottages is an oil painting created in 1883 by Vincent van Gogh.
  • Cottaging is a British gay slang term referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory (a "cottage", "tea-room" "tearoom; t-room noun a public toilet. From an era when a great deal of homosexual contact was in public toilets; probably an abbreviation of 'toilet room'. ...
  • A small house; a cot; a hut; A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location; Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging; To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging
  • (Cottages) The park has nine one room cabins that were developed by the CCC in the 1920s. It also has eleven modern two-bedroom cabins.
  • Generally refers to smaller rural properties.