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cot¹

  • /kɒt/ Boston, Canada, New Zealand
  • /kɔt/ Australia, British, Scotland
  • /kɑt/ US
  • /kɔːʈ/ India
  • [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] India
  • /kɑːʈ/ India
  • [kɑːʈ ~ käːʈ] India
  • /kɒʈ/ India
  • [kɒʈ ~ kɔʈ] India

Sounds like caught (cot–caught merger), xat (father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt

Where it comes from

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

noun cots

  1. Canada, Philippines, US A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes. 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.

    Similar: camp bed

  2. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

    Similar: crib

  3. historical A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.

cot²

  • /kɒt/ Boston, Canada, New Zealand
  • /kɔt/ Australia, British, Scotland
  • /kɑt/ US
  • /kɔːʈ/ India
  • [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] India
  • /kɑːʈ/ India
  • [kɑːʈ ~ käːʈ] India
  • /kɒʈ/ India
  • [kɒʈ ~ kɔʈ] India

Sounds like caught (cot–caught merger), xat (father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt

Where it comes from

From Middle English cot, cote, from Old English cot and cote (“cot, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutǭ (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), from Scythian (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot (“student room; small homestead”). Doublet of cote; more distantly related to cottage.

noun cots

  1. archaic A cottage or small homestead. the sheltered cot, the cultivated farm
  2. A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.

    Similar: cote

cot³

  • /kɒt/ Boston, Canada, New Zealand
  • /kɔt/ Australia, British, Scotland
  • /kɑt/ US
  • /kɔːʈ/ India
  • [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] India
  • /kɑːʈ/ India
  • [kɑːʈ ~ käːʈ] India
  • /kɒʈ/ India
  • [kɒʈ ~ kɔʈ] India

Sounds like caught (cot–caught merger), xat (father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt

Where it comes from

From Irish coite, coit (“small boat”), possibly from Medieval Latin cattia (“pan”).

noun cots

  1. A small, crudely-formed boat.

cot⁴

  • /kɒt/ Boston, Canada, New Zealand
  • /kɔt/ Australia, British, Scotland
  • /kɑt/ US
  • /kɔːʈ/ India
  • [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] India
  • /kɑːʈ/ India
  • [kɑːʈ ~ käːʈ] India
  • /kɒʈ/ India
  • [kɒʈ ~ kɔʈ] India

Sounds like caught (cot–caught merger), xat (father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt

Where it comes from

From dialectal cot, cote, partly from Middle English cot (“matted wool”), from Old English *cot, *cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“woolen fabric, wool covering”); and partly from Middle English cot, cote (“tunic, coat”), from Old French cote, from the same Germanic source (see English coat). Possibly influenced by English cotton.

noun cots · cote

  1. A cover or sheath; a fingerstall. a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)

cot⁵

  • /kɒt/ Boston, Canada, New Zealand
  • /kɔt/ Australia, British, Scotland
  • /kɑt/ US
  • /kɔːʈ/ India
  • [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] India
  • /kɑːʈ/ India
  • [kɑːʈ ~ käːʈ] India
  • /kɒʈ/ India
  • [kɒʈ ~ kɔʈ] India

Sounds like caught (cot–caught merger), xat (father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt

Where it comes from

Contraction of cot-quean.

noun cots

  1. obsolete A man who does household work normally associated with women. 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.

cot⁶

  • /kɒt/ Boston, Canada, New Zealand
  • /kɔt/ Australia, British, Scotland
  • /kɑt/ US
  • /kɔːʈ/ India
  • [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] India
  • /kɑːʈ/ India
  • [kɑːʈ ~ käːʈ] India
  • /kɒʈ/ India
  • [kɒʈ ~ kɔʈ] India

Sounds like caught (cot–caught merger), xat (father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt

Where it comes from

Variant of cock

noun

  1. dated vulva; vagina.

CoT⁷

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of chain of thought

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crib, camp bed, fingerstall, charpoy, cradle, bunk, bed, bedroom, cotton, cote, berth, streambed, lit, birthplace, sleeper, read

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noun portable or temporary bed

Españolcatre, catrera, colombina, catre de tijera
中文行軍床 /行军床 xíngjūnchuáng, 折疊床 /折叠床 zhédiéchuáng
Portuguêscatre
Françaislit de camp
DeutschFeldbett
Italianobranda
Русскийко́йка kójka, раскладу́шка raskladúška
עבריתמִטַּת שָׂדֶה mitat sadeh

noun bed for children

Españolcuna, pesebre
한국어어린이 침대 eorini chimdae
日本語ベビーベッド bebībeddo
中文嬰兒床 /婴儿床 yīng'érchuáng, 娃娃床 wáwachuáng, 兒童床 /儿童床 értóngchuáng, 小床 xiǎochuáng
Portuguêsberço
Françaislit de bébé, huche
DeutschKinderbett
Italianogreppia, presepe, lettino, culla
Ελληνικάκούνια koúnia
Русскийде́тская крова́тка détskaja krovátka

noun nautical: wooden bed frame

Русскийко́йка kójka, подвесна́я посте́ль podvesnája postélʹ
עבריתעַרְסָלָה arsalah

noun cover or sheath

Italianostalla, stabbio, riparo, capanna

noun finger cover to prevent static discharge

Italianoditale

noun homestead

日本語小屋 koya
中文小屋 xiǎowū
Portuguêscasebre
Italianocasolare, capanna, casupola
Русскийуса́дьба usádʹba, хи́жина xížina, лачу́га lačúga

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@misc{cot_2026,
  title = {cot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}