Synonyms for alcoves

Grammar : Noun

Spell : al-kohv

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæl koʊv

Définition of alcoves

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 :

What if I am lost in the alcoves of the hills, if I vanish forever in the night?
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Its alcoves, its vestibules and its arches, were marvels of elegance.
Extract from : « Three Years in the Sixth Corps » by George T. Stevens

It is more difficult to understand why the alcoves believed by MM.
Extract from : « A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1 » by Georges Perrot

He sent me some grapes, and I sat in one of the side rooms, or alcoves, and waited.
Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray

Behind the alcoves are small doors, that conduct you to the royal baths.
Extract from : « The Book of Curiosities » by I. Platts

We were shown to an apartment in which were two alcoves containing beds.
Extract from : « The Bible in Spain » by George Borrow

They are hidden under dust in the alcoves, or have been carted off to the pulp mill.
Extract from : « The Galaxy, April, 1877 » by Various

Statues of the saints stand in the alcoves and niches of the pillars and vaults.
Extract from : « Through Our Unknown Southwest » by Agnes C. Laut

In these alcoves we were sometimes shut up for months on end.
Extract from : « Balzac » by Frederick Lawton

Soon the officers called in their soldiers, who were massed in all the alcoves.
Extract from : « The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 » by Eugne Sue

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