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
Examples of cottage in a Sentence
We rented a cottage for the weekend.
She owns a cottage at the beach.
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Homeowners Katie and Jared Hyatt fondly named their 1866 cottage on Main Street in Madison, Georgia, ‘The Few House’.
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
Mike and Patricia McCoy answered the door of their cozy cottage in Imperial Beach, a short stroll from crashing waves and several blocks from the Tijuana River Estuary, where California meets Mexico and the hiking trails are named for them.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard, bought Monk’s House, a small Sussex cottage, in 1919, for seven hundred pounds.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
Most Fabric Options For the English cottage enthusiast, a subtle polka dot in the right hue can unify the rest of your patterns, creating a cohesive design scheme.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2026
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
Mike and Patricia McCoy answered the door of their cozy cottage in Imperial Beach, a short stroll from crashing waves and several blocks from the Tijuana River Estuary, where California meets Mexico and the hiking trails are named for them.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard, bought Monk’s House, a small Sussex cottage, in 1919, for seven hundred pounds.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
Most Fabric Options For the English cottage enthusiast, a subtle polka dot in the right hue can unify the rest of your patterns, creating a cohesive design scheme.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Cottage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cottage. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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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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