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Definition: Alcove |
AlcoveNoun1. A small recess opening off a larger room. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "alcove" was first used: 1676. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geography | A large, deep niche formed by a stream of water in a precipitous face of approximately horizontal strata. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AlcoveSynonym: bay (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concavity | Valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove; grot, grotto; alcove, cul-de-sac; gully; arch; (curve); bay; (of the sea). |
Receptacle | Conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Alcove |
| English words defined with "alcove": recessed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alcove": attenuated total reflectance, attenuated total reflexion ♦ kitchenet. (references) |
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Books | |
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 | Figure 1 in: Traittez de barometres, thermometres, et notiometres, ou hygrometres, by Joachim d'Alence, d. 1707? Published in 1688. Thermometer in an outside alcove. DD is a scale of degrees. Library Call Number QC876 .A44 1688.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Arches in an alcove of a Lima cathedral.Credit: Small World. |
 | Alcove of the Society Library, New York.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Middle River, Maryland. Housing development for workers at the Glenn L. Martin aircraft plant. Living room and dining alcove.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Little School, Englewood, New Jersey. Alcove.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bertram F. Willcox, residence in Pound Ridge, New York. Dining alcove.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Donald D. Williams, residence in Vero Beach, Florida. Dining alcove.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Folger Library interiors. Alcove in reading room, Folger Library.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Miscellaneous interiors. Living room, to window alcove.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At one end of the oratory there was an alcove closed in, with a bed for occasions of hospitality. |
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| "Alcove" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.28% of the time. "Alcove" is used about 139 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.28% | 138 | 27,024 |
| Noun (common) | 0.72% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 139 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Alcove, NY |
Expression using "alcove": dining alcove. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "alcove": alcove-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alcove ny | 26 |
alcove | 18 |
alcove springs | 5 |
alcove vogel | 3 |
alcove spa | 3 |
alcove shower | 2 |
alcove bathroom design | 2 |
alcove dans l | 2 |
alcove bed | 2 |
alcove bath tub | 2 |
alcove allisons | 2 |
alcove church | 2 |
alcove bain | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "alcove"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kthinë (carrel, scullery), gropë në mur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مختلي, مظلل فى حديقة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ниша (bay, housing, niche, recess, recession), беседка (pavilion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | výklenek (bay, niche, recess, stall), přístìnek (closet), besídka (Arbor, arbour, Bower, pavilion, pergola). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | niche (stable, stable-hole), forkammer (atrium, channel, vestibule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | alkoof (recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | alkovo (recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | الاچیق (Bower), شاه نشین . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alkovi, syvennys (depression, niche, recess, step), komero (built-in cupboard closet, recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | niche, alcôve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nische (bay, booth, entry, niche, recess, step), Alkoven (recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εσοχή (bay, groove, indentation, indention, nook, pocket recess, recess, scarf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משקעת (niche, nook), כוך (crypt, niche, pit), 'ומח" (inglenook, niche, recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alkóv (bay, cubicle, recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ruangan kecil (cubby hole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | alcova (recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 床の" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アルコーブ , と"のま, と" (bed, endless, ever, padding, sickbed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | far-uinnag (ambry, bole, false window, recess), cuilleig (recess), bwaag gharagh (arbour, garden shed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alcoveay alcova (bedroom, channel, recess). (various references) alcov (recess), nişã (bay, cubicle, niche, recess), firidã (niche, recess), chioşc (Arbor, arbour, bandstand, booth, gazebo, kiosk, pavilion, pergola, tobacconist's), boltã (arch, canopy, dome, roof, vault). (various references) альков. (various references) udubljenje u zidu, senica (arbor, bower, nun, ox-eye, tit, titmouse, tomtit), hladnjak (arbor, arbour, cooler, radiator). (various references) nicho (niche, ore pass, passage, recess, refuge hole, stable, stable-hole, step). (various references) alkov (recess). (various references) oyuk (bore, burrow, cavern, cavity, excavation, gouge, hallow, hole, hollow, niche, pit, pocket, sinus, socket), kameriye (arbour, Bower, pergola, summerhouse), girinti (indentation, recess, recession), cumba (bay window, bow window, Oriel, oriel window, spur), çardak (arbour, booth, dais, pergola, summerhouse, trellis). (various references) ніша (bay, hovel, niche, shanty), альтанка (cabinet, garden-house), альков. (various references) alcof, hafdy, deildy (arbor, bower), cilfach wely. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | al-qobbah. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "alcove": alcoved, alcoves. (additional references) | |
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"Alcove" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acove, Acuview, aglycone, Alcee, Alcolea, Alcoreza, alcote, alov, Altovar, aluco, Eccovi, laskovo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coeval. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-o-v" | |
-1 letter: calve, clave, clove, laevo, vocal. | |
-2 letters: alec, aloe, calo, cave, coal, cola, cole, cove, lace, lave, leva, levo, loca, love, olea, oval, vale, veal, vela, vole. | |
-3 letters: ace, ale, ave, avo, cel, col, lac, lav, lea, lev, oca, ole, ova, vac, voe. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, el, la, lo, oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-o-v" | |
+1 letter: alcoved, alcoves, coaeval, coevals, vacuole, vocable. | |
+2 letters: cavalero, coaevals, coevally, conclave, covalent, coverall, evocable, gavelock, havelock, laverock, locative, novercal, overcall, vacuoles, vocables, vocalise, vocalize. | |
+3 letters: autoclave, cavaleros, coevality, conclaves, covalence, covalency, coverable, coveralls, covetable, equivocal, gavelocks, havelocks, laverocks, locatives, overcalls, overclaim, overclean, overclear, overscale, revocable, vacuolate, vectorial, vocalised, vocalises, vocalized, vocalizer, vocalizes, volcanoes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 63 6F 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. -.-. --- ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01100011 01101111 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l c o v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0063 006F 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357869818871 |
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