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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A recess or partly enclosed extension connected to or forming part of a room.
  2. n. A secluded structure, such as a bower, in a garden.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A covered recess. Specifically— In the strictest sense, any recessed bay or small room attached to a larger one, having a coved or vaulted ceiling.
  2. n. A recess in an escarpment formed by the more rapid retrogressive erosion of one part than of another.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Arch.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.
  2. n. A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.
  3. n. Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a small recess opening off a larger room

Etymologies

  1. From French alcôve, from Spanish or Portuguese alcova, alcoba, from Arabic القبة ‘the vault, chamber with vaulted roof’. (Wiktionary)
  2. French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qubba, the vault : al-, the + qubba, vault. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Within the alcove is my ebony rod, wound with the silver serpent.”

    The Golden Apple Tree

  • “He presses a button and alcove is lighted by electricity, discovering the face of a large safe.”

    THEFT

  • “(Old Slave Block in St. Louis Hotel, New Orleans -- The name over the middle alcove is "M. Barnett", which was my birth name)”

    REFLECTING

  • “Allah’s wrath to a black stone, and the Queen thou foundest in the alcove is my mother.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

  • “The alcove is Lilac at Charlie’s request, he picked the colours himself.”

    Charlie’s New Room…Makeover Room 1.

  • “Looking across the bay or large alcove from the Zejua’s restaurant area, one could see in the distance, like a mirage, this lovely tropical, coconut tree strewn island like beach, “vacant” and worthy of visiting for a life time.”

    The First Time You Saw Mexico....

  • “This area is an alcove, created by a gap in the center field bleachers, and in the alcove are the stairs that lead to the two clubhouses.”

    Simon & Schuster: WILLIE MAYS

  • “Tucked in an alcove was a little boy no older than six.”

    Simon & Schuster: Rogue Wave

  • “On the screen opposite the alcove was a large canvas with a great many square tomato-colored blobs on it, and nothing else, so far as”

    To Let

  • “In an alcove was a washbasin and a door that led to the outside storage area, mainly used for empty crates and bottles and for washing and peeling vegetables.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Summer of My Greek Tavérna

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. recess

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. niche
  1. recess

hyponyms (4)

Words that are more specific

  1. stall
  1. carrell
  1. cubicle
  1. carrel

same context (21)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. niche
  2. nook
  3. recess
  4. closet
  1. hallway
  2. cavern
  3. doorway
  4. staircase
  1. parlor
  2. passageway
  3. vestibule
  4. archway
  1. cubicle
  2. bedroom
  3. compartment
  4. vault
  1. booth
  2. porch
  3. foyer
  4. chamber
  1. courtyard

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. habitacle
  2. zotheca
  3. okimono
  1. rincon
  2. dinette
  3. nook
  1. tokonoma
  2. alcove
  3. recess
  1. recessed
  2. partition
  3. al
  1. calotte
  2. curtain
  3. drape

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Words tagged ‘alcove’

  1. habitacle

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  • katiegiles The rest of the apartment consists of a dining alcove, living room with television, one bedroom, and bath. -Janet Evanovich/finger lickin' fifteen Sep 22, 2010

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