alcove.
A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
Meaning & usage
A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
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.
Where this word comes from
From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”). Doublet of qubba.
To furnish (something) with an alcove or to form an alcovelike recess.
Where this word comes from
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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