cottage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small house with a single story
    bungalow.

WordNet

Cot"tage noun
Etymology
From Cot a cotttage.
Definitions
  1. A small house; a cot; a hut. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913