What does COT mean?
Definitions for COT
kɒtcot
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Princeton's WordNet
fingerstall, cotnoun
a sheath worn to protect a finger
crib, cotnoun
baby bed with high sides made of slats
cot, camp bednoun
a small bed that folds up for storage or transport
Wiktionary
cotnoun
A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed.
cotnoun
A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
cotnoun
A crib (child's bed).
cotnoun
A finger cover used to prevent static discharge.
cotnoun
A cottage or small homestead.
Etymology: From खाट
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Cot, Cote, Coat
Etymology: At the end of the names of places, come generally from the Saxon cot , a cottage. Edmund Gibson Camden.
COTnoun
A small house; a cottage; a hut; a mean habitation.
Etymology: cot, Sax. cwt, Welsh.
What that usage meant,
Which in her cot she daily practised. Fairy Queen, b. ii. c. 6.Besides his cot, his flocks, and bounds of seed,
Are now on sale; and at our sheep cot now,
By reason of his absence, there is nothing
That you will feed on. William Shakespeare, As you like it.Hezekiah made himself stalls for all manner of beasts, and cots for flocks. 2 Chron. xxxii. 28.
My feeble goats,
With pains I drive from their forsaken cotes. John Dryden, Virgil.A stately temple shoots within the skies:
The crotchets of their cot in columns rise;
The pavement, polish’d marble they behold;
The gates with sculpture grac’d, the spires and tiles of gold. John Dryden, Baucis and Philemon.As Jove vouchsaf’d on Ida’s top, ’tis said,
At poor Philemon’s cot to take a bed. Elijah Fenton.Cotnoun
An abridgment of cotquean.
ChatGPT
cot
Cot, short for Cotangent, is a mathematical function that is defined as the reciprocal of the tangent function in a right triangle, which is the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side. More specifically, cot(x) = 1/tan(x). It is also defined as the ratio of x-coordinate to y-coordinate on a unit circle.
Webster Dictionary
Cotnoun
a small house; a cottage or hut
Cotnoun
a pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote
Cotnoun
a cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger
Cotnoun
a small, rudely-formed boat
Cotnoun
a sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed
Etymology: [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. Coat.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cot
kot, n. a small dwelling, a cottage.—ns. Cot′-folk (Scot.), cottars; Cot′-house, a house occupied by a cottar; Cot′-land, land belonging to a cottage; Cot′-quean (Shak.), a man who busies himself with women's affairs.—adj. Cot′ted, lined with cots.—n. Cot′-town, a number of cot-houses. [A.S. cot; cf. Ice. kot, Dut. kot.]
Cot
kot, n. a small bed: a swinging bed of canvas, suspended from the beams of a ship, for the officers: a bed for a child, a crib. [Anglo-Ind.—Hind. khāt.]
Cot
kot, n. a small boat. [Ir.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
COT
A snooze for one. COTILLON A dance for eight.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
cot
A wooden bed-frame suspended from the beams of a ship for the officers, between decks. It is inclosed in canvas, sewed in the form of a chest, about 6 feet long, 1 foot deep, and 2 or 3 feet wide, in which the mattress is laid.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
COT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cot is ranked #72771 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Cot surname appeared 267 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cot.
71.9% or 192 total occurrences were White.
14.2% or 38 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
9.7% or 26 total occurrences were Black.
2.2% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
Anagrams for COT »
CTO
Oct
Oct.
OTC
TCO
TOC
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of COT in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of COT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of COT in a Sentence
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I was in the bed, in the cot, when they opened the door because it's one o'clock and about four or five guys yelling: 'Bill, get up. You're going home,'.
There was really no space for social distancing. … They were only allowed to get up from their cot to use the restroom as well as to shower, everything that was being brought in was temporary. The showers were temporary, they were bringing in temporary restrooms, so this space was not equipped to house anybody, much less children.
They can get my cot or they can go on my Instagram and pull off a picture if they want, but no, I'm not going to sit for some painting. That's so 1800's. I'm not doing that.
The truth of the matter is that every major label passed on George Strait, that van had two seats and an Army cot in the back. We took turns driving and riding and sleeping in the cot.
Famous political figures, wealthy people? … This would be the time for her to start naming names. I mean, after the life she's lived in complete and lavish luxury, three hots and a cot – that doesn't look too good for her.
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Translations for COT
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- койка, походно легло, колиба, детско креватчеBulgarian
- presebWelsh
- Kinderbett, FeldbettGerman
- κούνιαGreek
- camilla, cuna, pesebre, catreSpanish
- vauvasänky, kenttävuode, pinnasänky, varavuode, lisävuode, mökki, pukkisänky, heteka, lastensänkyFinnish
- lit de camp, huche, lit de bébéFrench
- cliabhIrish
- cottManx
- branda, lettino da campo, capanna, presepe, casupola, greppia, ditale, casolareItalian
- ベビーベッド, 小屋Japanese
- 어린이 침대Korean
- kinderbed, wieg, ledikantjeDutch
- barneseng, sprinkelsengNorwegian
- berço, casebre, catrePortuguese
- койка, кроватка, раскладушка, усадьба, хижина, подвесная постель, лачугаRussian
- креветац, dečji krevetac, dječji krevetac, krevetac, дјечји креветац, дечји креветацSerbo-Croatian
- columnVietnamese
- flegülabedVolapük
- באַנקבעטלYiddish
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