Chalet

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A wooden dwelling with a low-pitched roof and wide eaves, common in Alpine regions.
  • noun. A cottage or lodge built in this style.
  • noun. The hut of a herder in the Swiss Alps.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A hut or cabin in which cattle and herdsmen are housed for the night on the Swiss mountains.
  • noun. Hence A dwelling-house of the Swiss peasantry similarly constructed, that is, low, with very wide eaves, and with the roof weighted down with large stones to secure it against the mountain winds.
  • noun. A country residence built in the general style of a Swiss mountain cottage, but generally of ornamental character.
  • noun. A more or less ornamental structure placed at convenient points in cities, containing urinals, lavatory, etc., for public convenience; a modern street ‘necessary.’
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
  • noun. A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style
  • Word Usage
    "The interior design is clean, simple and suited for a mountain chalet with an open attitude towards contemporary arrangements."