alcove

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Pronunciation

/ˈæl.kəʊv/

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/ˈæl.kəʊv/ · /ˈæl.koʊv/

Definition of alcove

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

“It was very different from such bookstores as he had been accustomed to patronize. Two stories of the old house had been thrown into one: the lower space was divided into little alcoves; above, a gallery ran round the wall, which carried books to the ceiling.”

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noun

A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

“It was very different from such bookstores as he had been accustomed to patronize. Two stories of the old house had been thrown into one: the lower space was divided into little alcoves; above, a gallery ran round the wall, which carried books to the ceiling.”
A shady retreat.

“The house was situated in a leafy alcove.”
(countable)The geographical and geological term for a steep-sided hollow in the side of an exposed rock face or cliff of a homogeneous rock type, that was water eroded.

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From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”). Doublet of qubba.

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