Definition of cottagenext
as in cabin
an often small house for recreational or seasonal use for a month every summer we rent a cottage on the ocean

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Recent Examples of cottage Tortilla, the only tortilleria in Nevada County, as a cottage business in 2017, going commercial in 2019. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 The Elder Statesman Commune Design transformed a West Hollywood cottage into an indoor-outdoor environment for the designer Greg Chait’s cashmere pieces. — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 Set in the summer of 1970, the story turns on the diligent civil servant Heikki who decides to host a high-ranking Soviet diplomat at his family’s lakeside cottage. — Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 The Islamorada cottage drew 60,000 social media views in days — and helped fuel a tourism wave worth tens of millions to the Keys. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cottage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cottage
cabin
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  • In video that Musayev shot and shared with The Associated Press, the captain lay on the floor of the cabin, saying his head was in pain.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Inside the cabin, extensive additional sound deadening in the doors, trunk and wheel arches means phone calls and passenger conversations are entirely effortless at highway speeds.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Cottage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cottage. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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