cot

Examples

• All

• Before handling the samples, she put on a cot to ensure her hands remained sterile.

• I saw a cot in the ladies room a little while ago.

  Airport (1970)

• A cot and a crapper, I'm set.

  8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)

• There's a couple of spare cots.

  Absolon (2003)

• Not in, but on top of the dank-smelling bed that was hardly more than a cot, pushed into the corner of the cramped little room.

  Fiction book (1997)

• He was classed among the dying and put aside on a cot to do so.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The nurse placed a protective cot over his finger to prevent infection during the procedure.

Synonyms

F

fingerstall

vscot

• UK

9.1

A thin cover you put on a finger to protect it

is a general sheath protecting a finger from contamination injury or contact

Antonyms

E

exposure

• NSFW

6 9.0

Leaving a baby alone outside without help or shelter

Compounds

C

cot death

• Archaic

1 6.5

Sudden unexpected death of a healthy baby while sleeping

B

bell cot

• UK

9.9

A small shelter that holds a bell on the roof or wall of a church

C

cot-quean stereotype

• Offensive

9.9

A man who does housework that people often think is for women

C

cot-quean

• Offensive

9.9

A man who looks after the home and does the household chores

Surface Forms

Etymology