chalet

as in cottage
an often small house for recreational or seasonal use a mountain chalet for weekend getaways

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Recent Examples of chalet But, if a standalone private chalet is more your speed, consider staying up the road at Forestis' sister property Odles Lodge. Hannah Freedman, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025 As ever, the fight choreography is fantastic, especially when Eve arrives in a Stepford-esque ski chalet town where every husband, wife and child has been trained in combat. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 Not much more than a cobblestone plaza lined with restaurants offering potato-and-cheese soupe de chalet, Gruyères is dominated by a 13th-century castle, where tours are on offer. Betsy Andrews, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025 Given Freudenberger’s expertise transforming everything from ski chalets to surf shacks, the project felt destined to be. David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for chalet
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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
  • The rest of the guest accommodation is spread across two decks, with two VIPs on the main deck and three cabins on the lower deck.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In 2024, United introduced more eco-friendly meal service items in its economy cabins, in an effort to reduce the amount of single-use plastics distributed on its flights.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Chalet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chalet. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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