English

Noun

cottage ‎(plural cottages)

1. A small house; a cot; a hut.
2. A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”

   Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.‎

3. (Britain, slang, archaic) A public lavatory, particularly (Britain gay slang) as a meeting place for homosexual men.

Synonyms

• (public toilet as a gay meeting place): gingerbread office; tea room, tearoom, teahouse, tea house (US); see also Wikisaurus:bathroom.

Derived terms

• cottage cheese
• cottage food operation‎
• cottage hospital
• cottage industry
• telecottage

Related terms

• cosset
• cot

Translations

Verb

cottage ‎(third-person singular simple present cottages, present participle cottaging, simple past and past participle cottaged)

1. To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
2. (intransitive, Britain, slang) Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.taʒ/

Noun

cottage m ‎(plural cottages)

1. cottage

Portuguese

Noun

cottage m (uncountable)

1. cottage cheese (a cheese curd product)