thatched cottage

collocation in English

meaningsofthatchedandcottage

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thatched
adjective
uk
/θætʃt/us
/θætʃt/
A thatched roof is made from straw or reeds; a thatched building has a roof that is made from straw ...
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cottage
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒt.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈkɑː.t̬ɪdʒ/
a small house, usually in ...
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(Definition ofthatchedandcottagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have only onethatchedcottageon the estate, and, unfortunately, the wood next door already has a name.
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I lived for many years in a very agreeablethatchedcottage.
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That kind ofthatchedcottagemultiplied by thousands.
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You cannot, for instance, put up athatchedcottage.
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It is athatchedcottage, and this year it needed a new roof.
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But my main point was that thethatchedcottageis not typical because not many inhabitants of these islands live in thatched cottages in these days.
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Recently, a bus driver was so taken aback by the sight of athatchedcottagethat he drove his bus into it and the cottage surrounded the bus.
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As a result, a nearbythatchedcottagewas in danger.
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By 1866 there was a police barracks based in a smallthatchedcottagein the village.
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Athatchedcottage, east of it also has framing, of around 1600.
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Another building of interest is a 19th-century cruck-framed andthatchedcottage.
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The roof of the 25 m building, shaped like athatchedcottage, is made from cement.
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Athatchedcottageadjacent was acquired and turned into the limited station accommodation and station master's house.
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There is also athatchedcottagedating from a similar time.
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His saint established this seat in a humble,thatchedcottagein a jungle.
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He apparently added picturesque features to the park, including athatchedcottageand a grotto.
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In the nineteenth century there was athatchedcottageon the island linked to the bank by a rustic bridge which was a popular place for picknickers.
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Those thatched cottages were the homes of the people of my generation.
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I have seen some very picturesque thatched cottages.
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There are picture postcard images of thatched cottages with white cob walls.
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