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cot /ˈkɑːt/ noun

plural cots

cot

/ˈkɑːt/

noun

plural cots

Learner's definition of COT

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US : a narrow, light bed often made of cloth stretched over a folding frame

— called also (British) camp bed

British : ¹crib 1a

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