alcove
A small recessed area set off from a larger roomA small recessed area set off from a larger room.
» An alcove is useful for storing things.
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA small recessed area set off from a larger room.
a small recess opening off a larger room
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.
Examples
3 sentencesAn alcove is useful for storing things.
The apartment has an alcove.
I found an alcove with a statue of a Hindu deity.
deIch fand eine Gebetsnische mit einer Statue einer Hindugottheit. — Esperantostern
Origin
From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubFrom 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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Forms
plural: alcovesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a small recess opening off a larger room:bay
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.