cot
54
1.0
- noun
- /kɑt/
- US
:
catre
- The camp provided each child with a cot to sleep on during the trip.
- cot mattress
And Dre looked over in the closet, and he saw a cot in the closet.
- And Dre looked over in the closet, and he saw a cot in the closet.
- And at this point I was sleeping on a camp cot, the metal frame camp cot, right.
- Come back here and lay on this, lay on this dingy little hard cold cot with me in this jail cell.
- and he found in the closet of the room a cot.
- I mean lying in a in a stack of cots where there were four or five people in each cot and four levels.
- And so we were sleeping right up against the dugout wall and we could sandbag our sleeping cots.
- OK, but what happens if there's a tragedy or if there's an emergency And now you have people on cots in hallways spilling out into the street.
- And I just happened to look down and there was a dude sleeping on a cot, like right there, asleep, asleep, dead asleep.
- Today's task Alfie and I are going to put together the cot witch I feel like is a momentous thing to be doing.
- When I read the short O, as in a small bed COT, or AU, as in the past tense of catch CAUGHT, my mouth makes the same sound.
- Chill out, open my cot, let me out.
- After getting it, I pulled it to the surface of the cot and held it there with my left hand.
Examples
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Inside, Haidir shows us his cot on the outdoor concrete balcony above where he sleeps between shifts.
Academic text (2006) -
On the last night, my father reclined on a cot and dictated while I wrote.
Academic text (2016) -
So we go back to look at the house again and like, the cot was still there.
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All we got is a cot in the back.
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You can sleep in the bed and I'll set up a cot for your dad.
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You are lying on a cot in the Orange Bowl in the United States, and we're all here with you.
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Of course, I have a spare cot in the attic.
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Exhausted, the barbarian fell into his cot and sought some needed sleep.
Fiction book (1992) -
And now Val was mindless on a narrow cot in a quiet hospital.
Fiction book (1990) -
After a long day, he unrolled his cot and settled in for the night.
Synonyms
2
4.9
A low bed on wheels that you pull out from under another bed
1
2.1
A small bed that folds for sleeping when camping or for guests
Compounds
How Comfortable
- US
54
1.0
67
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cot for a small folding bed comes from an old word meaning a small 'shelter' or hut, the same root as cottage. That's why a cot is a simple, portable sleeping place like a little shelter for sleep.