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cot

UK/kɒt/ US/kɔt/ fairly common uk us

noun

1.
2.

baby bed with high sides

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3.

a small bed that folds up for storage or transport

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • bell cot
  • chuck one's toys out of the cot
  • cot death
  • cot-caught merger
  • finger cot
  • life cot
  • meat-safe cot
  • three hots and a cot
  • throw one's rattle out of the cot

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