A cot is a bed for a baby, with bars or panels round it so that the baby cannot fall out.
[British]regional note: in AM, use crib
2. countable noun
A cot is a narrow bed, usually made of canvas fitted over a frame which can be folded up.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use camp bed
cot in British English1
(kɒt)
noun
1.
a child's boxlike bed, usually incorporating vertical bars
2.
a collapsible or portable bed
3.
a light bedstead
4. nautical
a hammock-like bed with a stiff frame
Word origin
C17: from Hindi khāt bedstead, from Sanskrit khátvā, of Dravidian origin; related to Tamil kattil bedstead
cot in British English2
(kɒt)
noun
1. literary or archaic
a small cottage
2. Also called: cote
a.
a small shelter, esp one for pigeons, sheep, etc
b.
(in combination)
dovecot
3. another name for fingerstall
Word origin
Old English cot; related to Old Norse kot little hut, Middle Low German cot
cot in British English3
(kɒt)
abbreviation for
cotangent
cotangent in British English3
(kəʊˈtændʒənt)
noun
(of an angle) a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to that of the opposite side; the reciprocal of tangent
Abbreviation: cot, cotan, ctn
cot in British English4
(kɒt)
verbWord forms: cots, cotting or cotted
English Midlands dialect
to entangle or become entangled
cot in American English1
(kɑt)
noun
1.
a narrow, collapsible bed, as one made of canvas or plastic sheeting on a frame that can be folded up
2. British
a baby's crib
Word origin
Anglo-Ind < Hindi khāṭ < Sans kháṭvā
cot in American English2
(kɑt)
noun
1. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
a cottage; small house
2.
a small shelter; cote
3.
a covering or sheath, as for a hurt finger
Word origin
ME & OE, cottage, hut, lit., covered place; akin to MDu kote, ON kot < IE base *geu-, to curve, bend > cod2