Definition of "chalet" [cha•let]

• A wooden dwelling with a sloping roof and widely overhanging eaves, common in Switzerland and other Alpine regions. (noun)
• A cottage or lodge built in this style. (noun)
• The hut of a herder in the Swiss Alps. (noun)

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• "The interior design is clean, simple and suited for a mountain chalet with an open attitude towards contemporary arrangements."
• "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."
• "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."