cot
Other forms: cots
A cot is a small, portable bed. You might sleep on a cot when you go camping.
Some hotels offer cots for extra guests who stay in your room, and campers and soldiers on the move often use cots for sleeping. A cot's benefits include its light weight and ability to be folded into an easily carried size. In Britain, a cot is a baby bed or crib. Cot has a Hindi source, khat, "couch, bed, or hammock" from the Sanskrit khatva.
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a small bed that folds up for storage or transport
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baby bed with high sides made of slatssynonyms: crib
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a sheath worn to protect a fingersynonyms: fingerstalltype of:sheatha protective covering (as for a knife or sword)
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Vocabulary lists containing cot
There are many words that exist in English whose origin on the Indian subcontinent is clear. Words like chutney and yoga are part of everyday life for many people in the English-speaking world, and they encounter these words in an Eastern context. But the influence of Hindi on English spreads far beyond that sitar seen in the guitar shop or the documentary on the 1960s. Words completely removed from that milieu — like cot , jungle and pundit — are Hindi in origin as well. Here are 15 English words of Hindi origin and their etymologies.
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