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cot (kät)

noun

  1. a narrow, collapsible bed, as one made of canvas or plastic sheeting on a frame that can be folded up
  2. Brit. a baby's crib

Etymology: Anglo-Ind < Hindi khāṭ < Sans kháṭvā

cot2 definition

cot (kät)

noun

  1. Old Poet. a cottage; small house
  2. a small shelter; cote
  3. a covering or sheath, as for a hurt finger

Etymology: ME & OE, cottage, hut, lit., covered place; akin to MDu kote, ON kot < IE base *geu-, to curve, bend > cod

cot3 definition

cot

Trigonometry cotangent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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