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1. (n.) alcove
a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room:
a dining alcove.
2. alcove
a recess in a room for a bed, bookcases, or the like.
3. alcove
an arbor or bower.
Etymology: (1670–80; < F alcôve < Sp alcoba < Ar al-qubbah the dome)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alcove, bay
a small recess opening off a larger room
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) alcove
a recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library
2. (noun) alcove
a small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower
3. (noun) alcove
any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment
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Sense: a small section of a room etc formed by part of the wall being set back.
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 Afrikaans: nis |
 Arabic: مِخْدَع، فَجْوَة فِي جِدَ |
 Bulgarian: ниша |
 Brazilian: alcova |
 Czech: výklenek |
 German: der Alkoven, die Bettnisc |
 Danish: niche; alkove |
 Greek: εσοχή |
 Spanish: hornacina |
 Estonian: alkoov |
 Farsi: شاه نشین |
 Finnish: alkovi |
 French: alcôve |
 Hebrew: גוּמחָה |
 Hindi: शैयाकोष्ठ |
 Croatian: alkoven |
 Hungarian: alkóv |
 Indonesian: ruang kecil |
 Icelandic: krókur, útskot |
 Italian: alcova |
 Japanese: 入り込み小部屋 |
 Korean: 반침 |
 Lithuanian: niša |
 Latvian: niša; alkovs |
 Malay: rauang didalam bilik |
 Dutch: alkoof |
 Norwegian: alkove, nisje |
 Polish: wnęka |
 Persian: شاه نشین |
 Pashto: شاته تللی |
 Portuguese: reentrância |
 Romanian: alcov |
 Russian: альков |
 Slovak: výklenok |
 Slovenian: niša |
 Serbian: niša |
 Swedish: alkov |
 Thai: เวิ้งที่ติดกับห้องสำหรับต |
 Turkish: girinti,çıkma |
 Taiwanese: 壁龕 |
 Ukrainian: альков, ніша |
 Urdu: کنج ، حجرہ |
 Vietnamese: góc phòng thụt vào |
 Chinese: 壁龛，凹室 |
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