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a small house in the country :

a country cottage

We’re staying in a holiday cottage in Dorset.

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cottage

little/small/tiny He lived all his life in a small cottage by the river.

remote (= far from any towns ) There’s a remote cottage in the mountains where we go for walking holidays.

picturesque (= pretty ) Would you prefer to live in a modern house or a picturesque cottage?

a thatched cottage (= with a roof made from dry straw ) a row of small thatched cottages

a country cottage (= in the countryside ) A lot of people dream of living in a country cottage.

a stone cottage The village is full of old stone cottages with thatched roofs.

a holiday cottage British English (= that people use or rent for holidays ) We rented a holiday cottage in Wales.

a weekend/summer cottage (= that the owners go to at weekends or in the summer ) They live in London but they also have a weekend cottage by the sea.

THESAURUS

house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in : Annie and Rick have just bought their first house. | The price of houses is going up all the time.

detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house : a detached four-bedroomed house

semi-detached house British English a house that is joined to another house on one side

terraced house British English , row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined together

townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city : an 18th-century townhouse in Bath

cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK : a little cottage in the country | a thatched cottage (= with a roof made of straw )

bungalow a small house that is all on one level : Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.

country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest : The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.

mansion a very large house : the family’s Beverly Hills mansion

mobile home ( also trailer American English ) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place

ranch house American English a long narrow house that is all on one level : a California ranch house

duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes