cottage
a small house with a single story
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,006 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,949 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a small house with a single story also: bungalow
cottage in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She was very distrustful and barricaded herself in her cottage as in a fortress.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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That week ensuing was a quiet one for the inmates of the cottage at Fornside.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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In my little cottage he seemed like a giant, six-foot-two, broad, and swart with the burning fire of tropical suns.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Then, by the stream, he saw the roof of a little cottage, and a little garden set out in squares and beds.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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East and west and south and north 10 The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1