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Meanings of cosy in English

Portuguese
abafador
Catalan
cobretetera

A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm.

abafador

Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space.

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Usage of cosy in English
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It also reveals exactly how 'cosy' each species was with each other.
News.com.au
2
Its scale speaks of the then-cosy business relations between London and Tehran.
Reuters
3
The scullery was warm and cosy, in spite of all the draughts.
The Soul of the War
4
Learn more Winter is the time to bring out your cosy favourites.
News.com.au
5
It is a perfect colour for bedrooms and promotes good, cosy dreams.
The Guardian
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Why do you want to build a cosy civilization under those circumstances?
The Naked God
7
Then she might go into the cosy room and read a book.
The Irish Times
8
He was in a snug cot, in a small but cosy cabin.
The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
9
He has fled the French tax laws to cosy up to Putin.
The Guardian
10
So far, so traditional and cosy -as befits a 300-year-oldpub.
The Irish Times
11
They are perfectly fitted to your foot and so cosy and warm.
The Irish Times
12
We entered to find ourselves in a small and very cosy room.
Bat Wing
13
The enveloping gloom seemed to make my chimney-corner only the more cosy.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
14
It was bitterly cold outside, whereas the restaurant was warm and cosy.
The Irish Times
15
I saw him fixing it up yesterday and it looks so cosy.
Under Sealed Orders
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Up-stairs there was a very cosy party who came in by degrees.
The American Senator
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Translations for cosy
Portuguese
abafador
Cosy through the time
Cosy across language varieties
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
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