cove

1. A small sheltered bay in the shoreline of a sea, river, or lake.
2. 1. A recess or small valley in the side of a mountain.
   2. A cave or cavern.
3. A narrow gap or pass between hills or woods.
4. Architecture.
   1. A concave molding.
   2. A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall. Also called coving.

[Middle English, chamber, cave, from Old English cofa.]

[Probably from Romany kova, man.]

noun

A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea: bay, bight, inlet. See territory.

A concave surface or molding, especially placed at the transition from a wall to the ceiling, or from a wall to the floor.

This article is about the coastal feature. For other uses, see Cove (disambiguation).

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McWay Cove, California, USA

A cove is a circular or oval coastal inlet with a narrow entrance. Colloquially, the term can be used to describe a sheltered bay.

Coves are the results of waves attacking the weakness of rocks, infiltrating them to result in inlets. These further erode to form a circular bay with a narrow entrance called a cove.

An example of a cove is Lulworth Cove on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. West of it a second cove, Stair Hole, is forming.

Two examples of how coves form. The rock types are those of Lulworth Cove. In example A a river breaks through the resistant chalk back rock and limestone leaving the weak clays to be rapidly eroded. In example B the sea breaks through the limestone, perhaps by forming a cave, and then erodes the clay away.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - bugt, indskæring, skærmet bue, konkav gesims
v. tr. - indbygge bue/gesims i, gøre skrå indad

2.
n. - karl, gut, fyr

Nederlands (Dutch)
(beschutte) inham, holle kroonlijst, vent, holle kroonlijst aanbrengen, schuin naar binnen laten lopen

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Géog) anse, petite baie, (US) gorge, voussure
v. tr. - se courber de l'intérieur

2.
n. - (GB) type

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Bucht, Engpaß, (Archi) Wölbung
v. - (Archi) wölben, sich wölben

2.
n. - Kerl, Bursche

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - όρμος, κολπίσκος, θόλος, καμάρα, τύπος, φίλος

Italiano (Italian)
insenatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - enseada (f), esconderijo (m)

Русский (Russian)
свод, убежище, парень, бухта

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - bóveda
v. tr. - abovedar

2.
n. - ensenada, cala

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - liten vik, skyddad plats, välvning (byggn.), jeppe (sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 小海湾, 小湾, 洞穴, 山凹, 延伸入林中的狭长草地, 使成穹形, 使内凹

2. 汉子, 小伙子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 小海灣, 小灣, 洞穴, 山凹, 延伸入林中的狹長草地
v. tr. - 使成穹形, 使內凹

2.
n. - 漢子, 小伙子

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 작은 만, 후미진 곳, 산속의 굴
v. tr. - 천장에 코브를 설치하다

2.
n. - 녀석, 두목

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 入り江

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خليج صغير, رجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפרץ קטן, קשת בחיבור שבין הקיר לתקרה, מחסה, גומחה‬
v. tr. - ‮התקין קשת או גומחה בחדר‬
n. - ‮ברנש‬

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