English Explanatory Dictionary

cot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
  2. A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
  3. A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
noun
  1. A cottage or small homestead.
  2. A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
noun
  1. A small, crudely-formed boat.
noun
  1. A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
noun
  1. A man who does household work normally associated with women.
noun
  1. vulva; vagina.
noun
  1. Initialism of chain of thought.

Pronunciation

/kɒt/ /kɔt/ en-au-cot.ogg /kɑt/ en-us-cot.ogg /kɒʈ/ /kaːʈ/ /kɔːʈ/

Word forms

cot cots cote

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).

Synonyms

camp bed crib cote

Related words

coscet cosset cote cotter

Derived words

carrycot chuck one's toys out of the cot cot-bed cot-caught merger cot death cotless Cotman fingercot finger cot life cot meat-safe cot pigscot portacot three hots and a cot throw one's rattle out of the cot throw one's toys out of the cot bell cot cothouse cotland cot-quean

Translations

Bulgarian: кошара Finnish: tuppi Finnish: sormituppi Italian: stalla Italian: stabbio Italian: riparo Italian: capanna
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