Sekirov Dictionary

alcove

UK /ˈæl.kəʊv/US /ˈæl.koʊv/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
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A shady retreat.
- The house was situated in a leafy alcove.
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.

verb1

(rare) To furnish (something) with an alcove or to form an alcovelike recess.

forms

alcoved · alcoving · alcoves

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