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Pronunciation : Cot"tage (kt"tj; 48)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From Cot a cotttage.]
Definition : Defn: A small house; a cot; a hut.
Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any residence or lodging house of rustic architecture, irrespective of size. Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.] -- Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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