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cotbed

cotbed noun: a simple bed.

Noun

cotbed (plural cotbeds)

  1. (dated) A simple bed.
    • Across the head of the stairs had been pushed a cotbed, made up for the night, but it was unoccupied.1914, Locked Doors, Mary Roberts Rinehart
    • At last Hip Mow told Jose to quit, and he took him to a little room where there was a cotbed and informed him that he was to go to sleep.1910, The Bradys and the Yellow Crooks, page 13

Forms of cotbed

pluralcotbeds

Origin of cotbed

From cot + bed.

Questions about cotbed

What does cotbed mean?
Cotbed means a simple bed.
What part of speech is cotbed?
Cotbed is a noun.
What is the plural of cotbed?
The plural of cotbed is cotbeds.

Words near cotbed in the dictionary

  1. cotarius
  2. cotarnine
  3. Cotas
  4. Cotati
  5. cotaught
  6. cotbed
  7. cotbeds
  8. cotch
  9. cotched
  10. cotchel
  11. cotchels

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