bach

New Zealand
as in cottage
an often small house for recreational or seasonal use maintains a bach in South Island's Fiordland

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Recent Examples of bach Our bach boy Peter continues to have no real conversations with literally anyone, but does manage to (probably) sleep with two women and definitely piss off a third one. Hannah Rimm, refinery29.com, 25 Feb. 2020 For summer vacation, from Christmas to February, Kiwis tramp along a Great Walk, or tent near a stream, or drive a campervan from forest to forest, or rent a bach — a beach house — on the coast. Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
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Noun
  • Along with six standard guest rooms, the resort features 28 cottages, with two designed by Frank Lloyd Wright protégé John Rattenbury.
    Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2025
  • One editor said that this style of cottage felt like a standard cottage cheese, with a nice variety of curd sizes, standard level of saltiness, and mild but pleasant level of tang.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Along the rugged coast, fishing villages huddle between jagged cliffs—their red cabins glowing against brooding skies.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Alaska Airlines is updating its Boeing 787s with a new paint scheme and plans to introduce new business class cabins.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Bach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bach. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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