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cot

1   [kot]
noun
1.
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
2.
British. a child's crib.
3.
a light bedstead.
4.
Nautical. a hammocklike bed stiffened by a suspended frame.
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Origin:
1625–35; < Hindi khāṭ < Prakrit khaṭṭā < Sanskrit khaṭvā; akin to Tamil kattil bedstead

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  • He was found hanging by a rope which formed the lacing of the cover over the iron framework of his cot.
  • Since then he has worked all hours, sleeping in a cot in his office.
  • She began laying eggs nearly every day under the general's cot.
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cot

2   [kot]
noun
1.
a small house; cottage; hut.
2.
a small place of shelter.
3.
a sheath or protective covering, as for an injured finger or toe.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English cot (neuter; compare cote1); cognate with Old Norse kot hut; akin to cubby, cove1

cot

 
Trigonometry.
cotangent.
Can be confused: caught, court, cot.
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cot1 (kɒt)
 
—n
1.  a child's boxlike bed, usually incorporating vertical bars
2.  a collapsible or portable bed
3.  a light bedstead
4.  nautical a hammock-like bed with a stiff frame
 
[C17: from Hindi khāt bedstead, from Sanskrit khátvā, of Dravidian origin; related to Tamil kattil bedstead]

cot2 (kɒt)
 
—n
1.  literary, archaic or a small cottage
2.  Also called: cote
 a.  a small shelter, esp one for pigeons, sheep, etc
 b.  (in combination): dovecot
3.  another name for fingerstall
 
[Old English cot; related to Old Norse kot little hut, Middle Low German cot]

cot3 (kɒt)
 
—abbreviation for
cotangent

cot4 (kɒt)
 
—vb , cots, cotting, cotted
dialect (Midland English) to entangle or become entangled

cote or cot1 (kəʊt)
 
—n
1.  a.  a small shelter for pigeons, sheep, etc
 b.  (in combination): dovecote
2.  dialect chiefly (Brit) a small cottage
 
[Old English cote; related to Low German Kote; see cot²]
 
cot or cot1
 
—n
 
[Old English cote; related to Low German Kote; see cot²]

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cot
"small bed," 1630s, from Hindi khat "couch, hammock," from Skt. khatva.
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cot  
Abbreviation of cotangent
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cot
cotangent
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