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cot¹

(kŏt)

1. A narrow bed, especially one made of canvas on a collapsible frame.

2. Chiefly British A crib.

[Hindi khāṭ, bedstead, charpoy, from Prakrit khaṭṭā, from Sanskrit khaṭvā, perhaps of Dravidian origin and akin to Tamil and Malayalam kaṭṭil.]

cot²

(kŏt)

1. A small house.

2. A protective covering or sheath.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

cot³

abbr.

cotangent

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cot

(kɒt)

1. (Furniture) a child's boxlike bed, usually incorporating vertical bars

2. (Furniture) a collapsible or portable bed

3. (Furniture) a light bedstead

4. (Nautical Terms) nautical a hammock-like bed with a stiff frame

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

cot

(kɒt)

1. (Architecture) literary or archaic a small cottage

2. (Agriculture)

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

b. (in combination): dovecot.

3. (Medicine) another name for fingerstall

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

cot

(kɒt)

abbreviation for

(Mathematics) cotangent

cot

(kɒt)

vb, cots, cotting or cotted

dialect Midland English to entangle or become entangled

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cot¹

(kɒt)

n.

1. a light portable bed, esp. one of canvas on a folding frame.

2. Brit. a child's crib.

3. a light bedstead.

[1625–35; < Hindi khāṭ (compare Prakrit khaṭṭā, Skt khaṭvā); akin to Tamil kattil bedstead]

cot²

(kɒt)

n.

1. a small house.

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

[before 900; Middle English, Old English cot (neuter; compare cote¹); c. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old Norse kot hut]

cot

cotangent.

cot

Abbreviation of cotangent

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cot

– crib – camp bed

1. 'cot' and 'crib'

In British English, a cot is a bed for a baby. A cot has high sides to prevent the baby from falling out. In American English, a bed like this is called a crib.

Put your baby's cot beside your bed.

I asked for a crib to put the baby in.

2. 'cot' and 'camp bed'

In American English, a cot is a narrow bed for an adult. It is made of canvas fitted over a frame, and you can fold it up. You take it with you when you go camping, or you use it as a spare bed at home. In British English, a bed like this is called a camp bed.

His bodyguards slept on the cots.

I had to sleep on a camp bed in the living room.

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cot

crib

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Noun	1.	cot - a sheath worn to protect a finger fingerstall sheath - a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)
	2.	cot - baby bed with high sides made of slats crib baby bed, baby's bed - a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling
	3.	cot - a small bed that folds up for storage or transport camp bed bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" leg - one of the supports for a piece of furniture

Translations

سَرِيرٌ سَفَرِيّسَرير طِفْلسَرير للمُخيَّـممَهْد

dětská postýlkapostýlkaskládací lehátkoskládací lůžko

barnesengfeltsengklapsengtremmeseng

Feldbett Kinderbett Kinderbettchen Campingliege

κούνια ράντζο

cama plegable cuna

pinnasänkytelttasänkyhetekakenttävuodemökki

lit de camp couchettelit d’enfantlit de bébé

kolijevkapoljski krevet

gyermekágytábori ágy

barnarúmbeddi

lettino brandina

キャンプベッド小児用ベッド

야전 침대어린이 침대

staigi kūdikio mirtis miegantsulankstomoji lovavaikiška lovelė

bērna gultiņasaliekamā gulta

kampeerbed kinderbedje

sprinkelseng barneseng campingseng

łóżeczko łóżko polowe

berço cama de armar cama de campanha

коечный койка раскладушка детская кроватка

detská postieľka

poljska posteljazibelka

spjälsängtältsäng

เตียงผ้าใบน้ำหนักเบาเตียงสำหรับเด็ก

bebek karyolası portatif karyolaportatif yatak

giường cũi của trẻ congiường gấp nhẹ

行军床儿童摇床幼儿床

cot

[kɒt]

A. N (Brit) (for baby) → cuna f (US) (= folding bed) → cama f plegable, catre m

B. CPD cot death N (Brit) → muerte f en la cuna

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cot

[ˈkɒt] n

(British) [child] → lit m d'enfant

(US) (= camp bed) → lit m de campcot death n → mort m subite du nourrisson cot death syndromecot death syndrome n → syndrome m de mort subite du nourrisson

cot

n (esp Brit: = child’s bed) → Kinderbett nt; (US: = camp bed) → Feldbett nt

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cot

[kɒt] n (Brit) (child's) → lettino (Am) (folding bed) → brandina

cot

(kot) noun

1. (American crib) a small bed with high sides for a child etc. One of the wooden rails of the cot is broken.

2. (American) a camp bed.

ˈcot death noun

(American crib death) the sudden death of a baby during sleep, which cannot yet be explained medically.

cottage (ˈkotidʒ) noun

a small house, especially in the country or in a village. a holiday cottage in Devon.

cot

→ سَرِيرٌ سَفَرِيّ, مَهْد postýlka, skládací lehátko barneseng, feltseng Campingliege, Kinderbett κούνια, ράντζο cama plegable, cuna pinnasänky, telttasänky lit de camp, lit d’enfant kolijevka, poljski krevet brandina, lettino キャンプベッド, 小児用ベッド 야전 침대, 어린이 침대 kampeerbed, kinderbedje campingseng, sprinkelseng łóżeczko, łóżko polowe berço, cama de armar, cama de campanha детская кроватка, раскладушка spjälsäng, tältsäng เตียงผ้าใบน้ำหนักเบา, เตียงสำหรับเด็ก bebek karyolası, portatif karyola giường cũi của trẻ con, giường gấp nhẹ 幼儿床, 行军床

Do you have a crib? (US)
Do you have a cot? (UK) → Máte dětskou postýlku? → Har I en barneseng? → Haben Sie ein Kinderbett? → Έχετε κούνια; → ¿Tiene una cuna? → Onko teillä pinnasänkyä? → Vous avez un lit enfant ? → Imate li krevetić za dijete? → Ha un lettino? → 어린이 침대 있나요? → Hebt u een kinderbedje? → Har dere en barneseng? → O senhor tem um berço? → Har ni en spjälsäng? → Bebek yatağınız var mı? → 有婴儿床吗？

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All sorts of pleas for a reconsideration were made, but the packers were obdurate; and all the while they were reducing wages, and heading off shipments of cattle, and rushing in wagonloads of mattresses and cots. So the men boiled over, and one night telegrams went out from the union headquarters to all the big packing centers--to St.

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There was a flickering of lanterns about the camp that night, and a rumour that brought men out of their cots to the tent doors, a paddling of the naked feet of doolie-bearers, and the rush of a galloping horse.

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There were in the room a child's cot, two boxes, two armchairs, a table, a child's table, and the little chair on which Prince Andrew was sitting.

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He sat on a cot by the window with his head in his hand and George Willard was in a chair by a table.

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The tired woodman seeks his cot That twinkles up the hill; And sleep has touched the wanderers That sang the twilight still.

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One Evening in December as my Father, my Mother and myself, were arranged in social converse round our Fireside, we were on a sudden greatly astonished, by hearing a violent knocking on the outward door of our rustic Cot.

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Watch him, all Babudom laid aside, smoking at noon on a cot, while a woman with turquoise-studded headgear points south- easterly across the bare grass.

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"`Never to return,'" muttered D'Arnot, and threw himself face downward upon the cot.

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Now the Russian was lifting her to her feet and attempting to drag her to the camp cot that stood at one side of the tent.

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She fell upon the iron cot, her fragile body scarcely hollowing the worn springs.

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"Two single rooms, and if you've got such a thing we'd rather like a cot in one of them."

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There was Lottie (there had been another change in the dream), across the little narrow cot from her, and she was crying.

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