'cot' and 'camp bed' In American English, a cot is a narrow bed for an adult. It is made of canvas fitted over a frame, and you can fold it up. You take it with you when you go camping, or you use it as a spare bed at home. In British English, a bed like this is called a camp bed.
Across is a preposition. It describes the relationship between two persons, places, or things. It is sometimes used with the preposition from. Example: That house is across the street. Cross is most commonly a verb or noun. Crossed is the past tense or past participle of the verb to cross.
English Collins Dictionary-English synonyms & Thesaurus &nbsp. across In addition to the uses shown below, across is used in phrasal verbs such as `come across', `get across', and `put across'. 1 prep If someone or something goes across a place or a boundary, they go from one side of it to the other.