Synonyms for alcove

Grammar : Noun

Spell : al-kohv

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæl koʊv

Définition of alcove

Origin : 1670s, "vaulted recess," from French alcôve (17c.), from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qobbah "the vaulted chamber," from Semitic base q-b-b "to be bent, crooked, vaulted."

noun nook, secluded spot

Example sentences :

When, at that instant, he saw the curtain of the alcove slightly stirred.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Dick, spurred by impulse, left his alcove and entered the room.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

The alcove grows so hot, too, at night that I shall be obliged to lie on the couch.'
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

It looked as if she was concealing the thoughts that made her rigid in the darkness of the alcove.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

Ben Aboo had tried to follow them, but he had been killed in the alcove of the patio.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

When he had gone, she turned to the Cardinal, who stood in the doorway of the alcove.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

“An easy penance;” and the Marquise moved smilingly towards the alcove.
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

Mrs. McVeigh arose, and with a slight bow to the dowager, passed into the alcove.
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

The doorway into the alcove bedroom was concealed by a portière.
Extract from : « An American Suffragette » by Isaac N. Stevens

We'll have the bottle in the alcove at the head of the stairs.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

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