COS

cos, cos lettuce, romaine, romaine lettuce

(noun) lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head

cosine, cos

(noun) ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Cos

An island in the Dodecanese, Greece.

Anagrams

• CSO, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, SOC, SoC, Soc, Soc., soc, soc.

Etymology 1

From the name of the island Cos, whence it was introduced.

Noun

cos (plural coses)

A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves.

Etymology 2

Conjunction

cos

(informal, UK, Ireland, South Africa, African-American Vernacular) because

Etymology 3

Noun

cos (plural cosses)

(informal, African-American Vernacular) A cousin, cuz.

Etymology 4

Noun

cos

plural of co

Anagrams

• CSO, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, SOC, SoC, Soc, Soc., soc, soc.

Source: Wiktionary



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