Cot
Definitions
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Initialism of chain of thought. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes. Canada, Philippines, US, error-lua-timeout
- A cottage or small homestead.
- A small, crudely-formed boat.
- A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
- A man who does household work normally associated with women.
- vulva; vagina.
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A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, error-lua-timeout
- A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
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A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks. error-lua-timeout, historical
Equivalents
Examples
“There was a flickering of lanterns about the camp that night, and a rumor 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.”
“the sheltered cot, the cultivated farm”
“One evening […] we were on a sudden, greatly astonished, by hearing a violent knocking on the outward Door of our rustic Cot.”
“1898, Ethna Carbery, "Roddy McCorley" (poem). Oh, see⟳ the fleet-foot hosts of men who speed⟳ with faces wan / From farmstead and from thresher's cot along the banks of Ban”
“a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)”
“a cot for a sore finger”
“You know⟳, that being an old bachelor, and somewhat of an epicure, he is at home, what the vulgar call⟳ a cot; and has laid down his spontoon for the tasting spoon, converted his sword into a carving knife, and his sash into a jelly bag.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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