Cottage vs. Hovel

Cottagenoun

A small house; a cot; a hut.

Cottagenoun

A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.

Cottagenoun

A public lavatory

Cottagenoun

as a meeting place for homosexual men.

Cottageverb

To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.

Cottageverb

To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.

Cottagenoun

A small house; a cot; a hut.

Cottagenoun

a small house with a single story

Cottagenoun

a small house, typically one in the country

Cottagenoun

a simple house forming part of a farm, used by a worker

Cottagenoun

(in the context of casual homosexual encounters) a public toilet.

Cottageverb

perform homosexual acts in a public toilet

Cottage

A cottage is typically a small house. It may carry the connotation of being an old or old-fashioned building.

Hovelnoun

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

Hovelnoun

A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

Hovelnoun

In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

Hovelverb

(transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.

Hovelverb

(transitive) To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.

Hovelnoun

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

Hovelnoun

A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

Hovelnoun

A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

Hovelverb

To put in a hovel; to shelter.

Hovelnoun

small crude shelter used as a dwelling