cog

English

/kɒɡ/, /kɑɡ/

noun
Definitions
  • A tooth on a gear.
  • A gear; a cogwheel.
  • An unimportant individual in a greater system.
  • (carpentry) A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.
  • (mining) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cogge derived from Proto-Germanic *kuggō derived from Proto-Indo-European *gugā (hump, ball).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gugā

Gloss

hump, ball

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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