alcove
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al·cove
(ăl'kōv') 
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n.
- A recess or partly enclosed extension connected to or forming part of a room.
- A secluded structure, such as a bower, in a garden.
[French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qubba, the vault : al-, the + qubba, vault.]
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A semi-circular, steep-sided cavity on a rock outcrop, caused by water erosion, especially spring-sapping.
A small recessed space, opening directly into a larger room.
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IN BRIEF: Wide, deep recesses in a room; natural recesses.
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categories related to 'alcove'
- Parts of Rooms - alcove: recessed portion of room, open at one end; niche
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Alcove (
/ælˈkoʊv/ or /ˈælkoʊv/; through the Spanish, alcoba, from the Arabic, al-, the, and qubbah(القبة), a vault) is an architectural term for a recess in a room, usually screened off by pillars, balustrades or drapery.
In geography and geology, the term Alcove is used for a wind-eroded depression in the side of a cliff of a homogenous rock type, famous from sandstones of the Colorado Plateau like the Navajo Sandstone.[1]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Alcove
Dansk (Danish)
n. - alkove, niche
Français (French)
n. - alcôve, niche, tonnelle, berceau
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αρχιτ.) εσοχή δωματίου, κοιλότητα, σηκός, κόγχη, κιόσκι, περίπτερο
Português (Portuguese)
n. - alcova (f), nicho (m), sacada (f)
Русский (Russian)
альков, ниша, углубление
Español (Spanish)
n. - nicho, hornacina, hueco
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - alkov, berså
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
凹室, 小亭, 壁橱
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 凹室, 小亭, 壁櫥
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 방, 깊숙한 사실, 후미진 곳
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アルコーブ, 入り込み
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) فجوه في جدار غرفه, مختلى مظلل في حديقه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - גומחה בקיר, פינה, חצי חדר, חדרון
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