What does "cos" mean?

Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.

What is a synonym for "cos"?

Common synonyms include: romaine lettuce, cos lettuce, cosine, cosine, romaine.

//kɑs// conj, det, name, noun, slang

conj, det, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

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Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce. UK
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Alternative form of coz, cousin. alt-of, alternative, informal
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plural of co form-of, plural
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Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance. alt-of, alternative
"The stages and distances are as follows:—Hitounda to Bhainsa Dobháng, 3½ cos; to Bhimphédy, 4 cos; to Tambakhâni, 3 cos; to Chitlong, 3 cos; to Thankot, 3 cos; to Káthmándú, 3 cos—Total, 19½ cos."
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lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head wordnet

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ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle wordnet

Conjunction

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Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”). Ireland, South-Africa, UK, alt-of, informal
"Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes."

Determiner

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Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their. nonstandard
"Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient coself, rather than on cos environment."

Proper Noun

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Alternative spelling of Kos, an island of the Aegean, Greece. alt-of, alternative
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Initialism of Chamber of Secrets. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism