cot

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[ kot ]
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noun
  1. a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.

  2. British. a child's crib.

  1. a light bedstead.

  2. Nautical. a hammocklike bed stiffened by a suspended frame.

Origin of cot

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1625–35; <Hindi khāṭ<Prakrit khaṭṭā<Sanskrit khaṭvā; akin to Tamil kattil bedstead

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Other definitions for cot (2 of 3)

cot2
[ kot ]

noun
  1. a small house; cottage; hut.

  2. a small place of shelter.

  1. a sheath or protective covering, as for an injured finger or toe.

Origin of cot

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before 900; Middle English, Old English cot (neuter; cf. cote1); cognate with Old Norse kot hut; akin to cubby, cove1

Other definitions for cot (3 of 3)

cot

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British Dictionary definitions for cot (1 of 4)

cot1

/ (kɒt) /


noun
  1. a child's boxlike bed, usually incorporating vertical bars

  2. a collapsible or portable bed

  1. a light bedstead

  2. nautical a hammock-like bed with a stiff frame

Origin of cot

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C17: from Hindi khāt bedstead, from Sanskrit khátvā, of Dravidian origin; related to Tamil kattil bedstead

British Dictionary definitions for cot (2 of 4)

cot2

/ (kɒt) /


noun
  1. literary, or archaic a small cottage

  2. Also called: cote

    • a small shelter, esp one for pigeons, sheep, etc

    • (in combination): dovecot

  1. another name for fingerstall

Origin of cot

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Old English cot; related to Old Norse kot little hut, Middle Low German cot

British Dictionary definitions for cot (3 of 4)

cot3

/ (kɒt) /


abbreviation for
  1. cotangent

British Dictionary definitions for cot (4 of 4)

cot4

/ (kɒt) /


verbcots, cotting or cotted
  1. Midland English dialect to entangle or become entangled

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Scientific definitions for cot

cot

  1. Abbreviation of cotangent

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