as in cottage
a house having one or one and a half stories and often a front porch
She bought a small bungalow just outside the city.
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Recent Examples of bungalow
Accessibility There are four ADA accessible rooms, including two overwater bungalows with lagoon views and two beach bungalows with plunge pools.
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Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Cottages and bungalows once were a fixture of La Jolla architecture.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
Plunge Beach Resort effortlessly combines retro touches with modern amenities in resort-style rooms, as well as adult-only bungalows.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
John was found dead in his favorite bungalow at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on March 5, 1982.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Cottages and bungalows once were a fixture of La Jolla architecture.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
Plunge Beach Resort effortlessly combines retro touches with modern amenities in resort-style rooms, as well as adult-only bungalows.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
John was found dead in his favorite bungalow at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on March 5, 1982.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bungalow
Noun
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The 16-room inn, which has seven cottages - all named after the seven presidents born in Virginia - is also owned by Donahue.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Boomhower said the city shouldn’t be limiting development on sites that don’t have contributing resources just because some historic cottages might be nearby.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Set beyond gates on nearly half an acre in the Amestoy Estates neighborhood, the modern farmhouse-style digs have been repainted a rich chocolate hue.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
6 Jan. 2026
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Colonial, mountain contemporary, and modern farmhouse homes are also popular.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Shockley and Maycock alerted the ship’s crew but alleged the staff did not take steps to remediate the issue in and around their cabin, according to the complaint.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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And the movie, with these two sexy people sparring for about 10 minutes, only to settle their differences over whiskey before a roaring fire in a snowbound cabin that looks like a vacation hideaway, has an unironic romance-novel baby-it’s-cold-outside vibe of old-school desert-island love.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Conceived as a modern tropical mansion visible to drivers crossing the causeway that connects Miami Beach to Miami, the house stood out for its tall columns flanked by nearly transparent white curtains from ceiling to floor, opening panoramically to the pool and Biscayne Bay.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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The architect was Nathaniel Goodfall, who was also the architect of the governor’s mansion.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Bungalow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bungalow. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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