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cottages

cottages is the plural of cottage.

cottages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cottage.

Meaning of cottage

Noun

cottage (plural cottages)

  1. A small house.
    • So when four years were wholly finished, / She threw her royal robes away. / “Make me a cottage in the vale,” she said, / “Where I may mourn and pray.1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Palace of Art”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 154
    Synonyms:
    cot, hut
  2. A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
    • Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.
  3. (UK, archaic, slang) A public lavatory.
  4. (Polari) A meeting place for homosexual men.

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Phrases with cottages

Questions about cottages

What is cottages the plural of?
Cottages is the plural of cottage.

Words near cottages in the dictionary

  1. cottaged
  2. cottageless
  3. cottagelike
  4. cottager
  5. cottagers
  6. cottages
  7. cottages ornés
  8. cottagey
  9. cottaging
  10. cottagy
  11. cottah

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