alcove

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al·cove

(ăl'kōv')

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.

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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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Parts of Rooms - alcove: recessed portion of room, open at one end; niche

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For the community in Quebec, Canada, see Alcove, Quebec.

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Drawing of an alcove.

Alcove in sandstone, near Moab, Utah.

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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v · d · eRooms, spaces, and architectural elements

Public areas	Airport lounge Auditorium Cafeteria Classroom Changing room / Locker room Conference hall Doctor's office Function hall Mailroom Library Lobby Office Refectory Restroom Security Waiting room

Passages and spaces	Alcove Atrium Balcony Breezeway Corridor Deck Elevator Emergency exit Escalator Entryway / Genkan / Mud room Foyer Hallway Loft Loggia Nook Patio Pedway Pergola Porch porte-cochère Portico Ramp Secret passage Skyway Spear closet Stairway Terrace Veranda Vestibule Wheelchair ramp

Utility and storage	Attic Basement Box room / Carport Cloakroom Closet Electrical room Equipment room Furnace room / Boiler room Garage Janitorial closet Laundry room / Utility room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Studio Server room Wardrobe Workshop Vault Wine cellar Wiring closet / Demarcation point

Shared residential rooms	Billiard room Bonus room Common room Den Dining room Drawing room Family room Great room Hearth room Home office Kitchen Kitchenette Library Living room / Lounge / Sitting room Man cave Media room or Home theater Mehmaan khana Recreation room Shrines Study Sunroom / Solarium

Private rooms	Bathroom / Toilet (room) Bedroom / Guest room Boudoir Cabinet Jack and Jill bathroom Nursery Safe room State room Suite Walk-in closet

Great house areas	Ballroom Butler's pantry Buttery Drawing room Fainting room Great chamber Great hall Larder Long gallery Lumber room Parlour Root cellar Salon Saucery Scullery Servants' hall Servants' quarters Smoking room Solar Spicery Stillroom Undercroft

Other areas	Barn Boathouse Conservatory Gym Loading dock Moon gate Outhouse Secondary suite Shed Stable Storm cellar or Storm room

Architectural elements	Arch Ceiling Colonnade Column Courtyard Fireplace Floor Gate Lighting Ornament Swimming pool Vault Wet bar Roof

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - alkove, niche

Nederlands (Dutch)
nis

Français (French)
n. - alcôve, niche, tonnelle, berceau

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nische

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αρχιτ.) εσοχή δωματίου, κοιλότητα, σηκός, κόγχη, κιόσκι, περίπτερο

Italiano (Italian)
alcova

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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