ALCOVE
\ˈalkə͡ʊv], \ˈalkəʊv], \ˈa_l_k_əʊ_v]\
Definitions of ALCOVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A recess connected with a larger room; a compartment, as of a library. See illus. on following page.
By James Champlin Fernald
