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COTTAR

Dictionary entry overview: What does cottar mean?

• COTTAR (noun)
The noun COTTAR has 2 senses:

1. a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands
2. fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together

Familiarity information: COTTAR used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COTTAR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cottar; cotter

Hypernyms ("cottar" is a kind of...):

bucolic; peasant; provincial (a country person)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cottar; cotter

Hypernyms ("cottar" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cottar"):

cotter pin (a cotter consisting of a split pin that is secured (after passing through a hole) by splitting the ends apart)

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