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say it: KOH-zee
cozy is an adjective and noun meaning "enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space". It is pronounced /ˈkoʊzi/ — KOH-zee. It carries 4 recorded senses.
enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
“a cozy nook near the fire”
“snug in bed”
“a snug little apartment”
having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
“had a cozy chat”
“a relaxed informal manner”
“an intimate cocktail lounge”
“the small room was cozy and intimate”
a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cozy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.