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cot

1 American  

abbreviation

Trigonometry.

  1. cotangent.

cot 2 American  
[kot] / kɒt /

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.

cot 3 American  
[kot] / kɒt /

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.

cot 1 British  
/ kɒt /

abbreviation

  1. cotangent

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cot 2 British  
/ kɒt /

verb

  1. dialect to entangle or become entangled

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cot 3 British  
/ kɒt /

noun

  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

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cot 4 British  
/ kɒt /

noun

  1. literary a small cottage

  2. Also called: cote. 

    1. a small shelter, esp one for pigeons, sheep, etc

    2. ( in combination )

      dovecot

  3. another name for fingerstall

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cot Scientific  

  1. Abbreviation of cotangent

Etymology

Origin of cot2

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

Origin of cot3

before 900; Middle English, Old English cot (neuter; cote 1 ); cognate with Old Norse kot hut; akin to cubby, cove 1

Example Sentences

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Our route through quiet corridors reveals the hidden strains of this war: just one newborn gurgling in a cot, and one woman in labour.

From BBC

They saw him take a cot out on the platform and some blankets and, by Jehoshaphat, he slept there all night, getting up to add his secret potion every few hours.

From Literature

I turn, and on the wall next to Colin’s small cot of a bed I see it.

From Literature

I sit on my cot and tape the drawing back together as best I can.

From Literature

That night I lie in a cot in a room filled with dozens of girls.

From Literature

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