Cot vs. Crib
Cotnoun
(US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed.
Cotnoun
A crib (child's bed).
Cotnoun
A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
Cotnoun
(archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
Cotnoun
A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons; a cote.
Cotnoun
A small, crudely-formed boat.
Cotnoun
A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
Cotnoun
A small house; a cottage or hut.
Cotnoun
A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
Cotnoun
A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger. See also finger cot.
Cotnoun
A small, rudely-formed boat.
Cotnoun
A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.
Cotnoun
a sheath worn to protect a finger
Cotnoun
baby bed with high sides
Cotnoun
a small bed that folds up for storage or transport
Cribnoun
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
Cribnoun
(British) A bed for a child older than a baby.
Cribnoun
(nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
Cribnoun
A wicker basket; compare Moses basket.
Cribnoun
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
Cribnoun
The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
Cribnoun
A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
Cribnoun
A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
Cribnoun
A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle
Cribnoun
(obsolete) A job, a position; (British), an appointment.
Cribnoun
A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
Cribnoun
(slang) One’s residence, or where one normally hangs out. A house or dwelling place.
Cribnoun
A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
Cribnoun
A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
Cribnoun
(obsolete) A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
Cribnoun
(cribbage) The card game cribbage.
Cribnoun
(cribbage) The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
Cribnoun
(cryptography) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
Cribnoun
A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
Cribnoun
A packed lunch taken to work.
Cribnoun
(Canada) A small raft made of timber.
Cribnoun
The stomach.
Cribnoun
(slang) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
Cribverb
(transitive) To place or confine in a crib.
Cribverb
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
Cribverb
(transitive) To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
Cribverb
To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
Cribverb
(intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
Cribverb
To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of.
Cribverb
(Indian English) To complain, to grumble
Cribverb
To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
Cribverb
To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
Cribnoun
A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
Cribnoun
A stall for oxen or other cattle.
Cribnoun
A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
Cribnoun
A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
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A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
Cribnoun
A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
Cribnoun
A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; - used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
Cribnoun
A small raft of timber.
Cribnoun
A small theft; anything purloined; a plagiarism; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
Cribnoun
A miner's luncheon.
Cribnoun
The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
Cribverb
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
Cribverb
To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
Cribverb
To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
Cribverb
To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
Cribverb
To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; - said of a horse.
Cribnoun
baby bed with high sides
Cribnoun
a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
Cribnoun
a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and discards one or two to make up the crib
Cribverb
use a crib, as in an exam
Cribverb
take unauthorized (intellectual material)
Cribverb
line with beams or planks;
