cosyadjective
UK US cozy uk/ˈkəʊ.zi/us/ˈkoʊ.zi/cosy adjective (COMFORTABLE)
B1 comfortable and pleasant, especially (of a building) because of being small and warm:
This room is nice and cosy in the winter.
He showed me into a cosy little room.
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- It's much better to have a small cosy room than a big cold one.
- The room looked cosy and inviting.
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Comfortable and uncomfortable
- airy
- be in your element idiom
- be like a fish out of water idiom
- be out of your element idiom
- be/feel at home idiom
- civilization
- comfort zone
- comfortable
- comfortably
- comfy
- cosily
- cosiness
- cozily
- curl
- hunker down
- lived in idiom
- nestle
- primitive
- settle
- snuggle
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cosy adjective (TOO CLOSE)
disapproving used to describe a situation that is convenient for those involved but may not be honest or legal:
He has some cosy arrangement/deal with his supplier, which means he's able to sell his goods more cheaply.
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Excluding
- acid-free
- alienate
- apart
- bar
- barring
- cut
- discount
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- leave sb out in the cold idiom
- out of it idiom
- outside
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
- send sb to Coventry idiom
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cosynoun [ C ]
UK US cozy uk/ˈkəʊ.zi/us/ˈkoʊ.zi/a cover that you put on a teapot or a boiled egg to keep it warm:
a tea cosy
an egg cosy
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Lids, covers and stoppers
- bezel
- bottle cap
- bottle top
- bung
- cap
- cork
- cowl
- crystal
- dustsheet
- fascia
- flap
- hood
- pen lid
- piano lid
- plug
- pull-tab
- resealable
- ring pull
- tab
- tea cosy
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