cottages
Small rural homes
Cottages is the plural of cottage, a small house, typically in a rural or semi-rural setting.
Cottages suggest quaintness, simplicity, or coziness: stone cottages dotted the hillside, We rented cottages by the lake.
In some contexts, cottage describes a modest vacation dwelling regardless of size: beach cottages, summer cottages.
Cottage cheese and cottage industry preserve older associations with humble domestic production.
Simple wooden dwelling
- bungalowOne-story house with porch
- chaletWooden mountain cottage
- hutSmall crude dwelling
- shackCrudely built hut
homestead · farmhouse · lodge · villa · manor · estate · abode · residence
cabin
Simple wooden dwelling
shack · homestead · farmhouse · lodge · villa · manor · estate · abode · residence · nest
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
rustic · bucolic · hedgerow · garden · lane · meadow · hillside · woodland · country · quaint
retreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
seaside · lakefront · beachfront · mountain · lakeside · coastal · weekend · escape · summer · timeshare
- lodginghotel, inn, motel, hotels, hostel
- English Countrysidevillage green, village fete, farmhouses, country pub, church
- historic homesmansion, manor house, manor houses, plantation house, colonial house
- home typescabin, cabins, villa, villas, manor
- rural lodgingsfarmhouse, cabin, country inn, hunting lodge, lodge
- rural propertyfarms, ranches, estates, homesteads, plantations
cottagesmansions
Large, stately houses
palaces · estates · manor houses · castles · villas
cottagesskyscrapers
Extremely tall urban buildings
high-rises · urban apartments · tenements · penthouses · urban lofts
cottagesmobile homes
Prefabricated transportable dwellings
trailers · RVs · houseboats · tents · yurts
- cottage cheeseFresh cheese with curds
- cottage piesBeef baked under potato
- cottage cheese assDimpled fatty buttocks
- cottage industrySmall home-based business
- summer cottageSeasonal recreational dwelling
- beach cottageSmall dwelling by ocean