Chalet

Word CHALET
Character 6
Hyphenation cha let
Pronunciations /ʃæleɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Chalet"

What do we mean by chalet?

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. 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.’ 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. noun

An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves noun

A Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style noun

An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.

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The word "chalet" in example sentences

The interior design is clean, simple and suited for a mountain chalet with an open attitude towards contemporary arrangements. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The five teams (organized according to which lodge the participants were camped in) left Serre Chevalier for Briançon and climbed aboard le téléphérique, * destination: a formidable mountain chalet, une étoile* in the night. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Sass said ... swiss chalet is an institution in my family, always has been ... there's actually one in Ft. Lauderdale, to serve all the addicted snowbirds, but it seems from all accounts that it's godawful. interestingly enough, reading some of Margaret Atwood's writings on her younger years, when she worked in a Swiss Chalet, almost made me give up the habit -- she gives some pretty grim descriptions. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The little door of the chalet is locked at evening, and the children take care of it in turn. ❋ Anne E. Montessori George (1912)

If you build a chalet, that is your business, and if you choose cosmetic surgery, that is also your business. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What makes the chalet are the materials and the textiles. ❋ Helen Kirwan-Taylor (2011)

The chalet is a five-minute drive to a cable car for the Villars Ski Resort. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The chalet was a beautifully appointed log house, overlooking the world from every window. ❋ Betty White (1995)

The rear of the chalet was a solid wall of glass, the picture window of a dimly lit, empty living room. ❋ Bester, Alfred (1956)

The rear of the chalet was a solid wall of glass, the picture window of a dimly lit, empty living-room. ❋ Bester, Alfred (1955)

"Behind our chalet was a garden, and we had a terrace overlooking the sea," went on Madame Deberle. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)

A chalet is a sweet thing when you buy a little model of it at home. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

It was a model of what is called a chalet, [15] which is a sort of hut that the shepherds occupy in the upper pasturages, in the summer, where they go to tend the cows, and to make butter and cheese. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)

With its stunning mountain views and gorgeous locale, the chalet was a far cry from a prison cell. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

At tea time, the most popular person in the chalet is the one who has made a cake. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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