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Cottage vs Thatched - What's the difference?

cottage | thatched |

As verbs the difference between cottage and thatched

is that cottage is to stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging while thatched is (thatch).

As a noun cottage

is a small house; a cot; a hut.

cottage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small house; a cot; a hut.
  • A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.
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  • (UK, slang, dated) A public toilet.
  • Usage notes

    Sense “public toilet” dates from 19th century, now only in gay slang.

    Derived terms

    * cottage cheese * cottage hospital * cottage industry

    Verb

    (cottag)
  • To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
  • (intransitive, British, slang) Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
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    thatched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (thatch)

  • thatch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Variant of (thack), from (etyl) .

    Noun

  • Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
  • A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
  • A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
  • Synonyms
    * (Straw for covering roofs or stacks) haulm

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.