{
    "term": "cottage",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/ho/homes.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a small house, especially in the country",
            "sensetop": "in a cottage",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **thatched cottage**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a holiday cottage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "James lived in a charming country cottage with roses around the door.",
                    "contextForm": "in a cottage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was her dream to have a little cottage in the country"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They built a small guest cottage on their land."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They lived in a tied cottage on the estate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They put us up in a guest cottage next to their house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We rented a cottage for a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We stayed in a cottage on a farm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They rented a holiday cottage in the middle of nowhere."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Buildings", "Holidays"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["humble", "little", "simple"],
                "verb + cottage": ["have", "own", "live in"],
                "cottage + noun": ["home", "garden", "industry"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the cottage"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒtɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "co/cottage/cottage__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːtɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "co/cottage/cottage__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cotage and Anglo-Latin cotagium, from cot, a small shelter for livestock or cote, a shelter for mammals or birds."
}