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alcove
any recessed usually vaulted area, as in a garden wall
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Alcove
A small recessed space, connected to or opening directly into a larger room.
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alcove
[′al‚kōv] (architecture)
A recessed part of a room.
A small room that opens into a larger one.
An arched opening in a wall.
(geology)
A large niche formed by a stream in a face of horizontal strata.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
alcove
A small recessed space, opening directly into a larger room.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.