cottage
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kahtuhjSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɑtədʒ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
A small house with a single story
verb
To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
Used this way, cottage is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use cottage
- “We rented a cozy cottage by the lake for the weekend.”
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Synonyms
Sense: seasonal home of any size or stature
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