Cot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɒt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cot is a noun meaning (Canada, US, Philippines) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
Meaning
(Canada, US, Philippines) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
More Meanings
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
- (nautical, historical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
- A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
- A small, crudely-formed boat.
- A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
- (archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
- (obsolete) A man who does household work normally associated with women.
Example Sentences
a cot for a sore finger
the sheltered cot, the cultivated farm
a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)
One evening […] we were on a sudden, greatly astonished, by hearing a violent knocking on the outward Door of our rustic Cot.
Word Forms
- cots
- cote
Synonyms for cot
Depending on context, synonyms include crib, cote, fingerstall.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crib, fingerstall, charpoy, cradle, bunk, bed.
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