cottage

Everyday

1. A small house, usually in the countryside or a village, often old and cosy. tree →
2. (Canada, some US) A holiday house by a lake or in the countryside. tree →
3. (in compounds) cottage cheese (a soft white lumpy cheese), cottage pie (minced beef topped with mashed potato). tree →

In the lessons

In stories and fairy tales cottages are homes of woodcutters and grandmothers in the woods; in everyday life families rent cottages for holidays. In Canada going "to the cottage" means to a lake house for summer. Phrases: a country cottage, a thatched cottage, holiday cottage, cottage pie.

Examples

• Little Red Riding Hood walked to her grandmother's cottage. tree →
• We rented a cottage by the sea for a week. tree →
• The thatched cottage had roses round the door. tree →
• (Canada) We go to the cottage every summer to swim in the lake. tree →
• For tea we had cottage pie. tree →
• The cottage had just two bedrooms. tree →
• At midnight the cottage door opened. tree →

Note

Countable. A cottage is smaller and simpler than a house or villa. Cottage cheese and cottage pie are foods, not houses.