Definitions for alcove

alcove al·cove

Spelling: [al-kohv]
IPA: /ˈæl koʊv/

Alcove is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in alcove (acelov).

Definitions for alcove

noun

  1. a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room:
  2. a recess in a room for a bed, bookcases, or the like.
  3. any recessed space, as a bower in a garden.

Origin of alcove

1670-80; French alcôve Spanish alcoba Arabic al-qubbah the dome

Examples for alcove

Dick, spurred by impulse, left his alcove and entered the room.

We'll have the bottle in the alcove at the head of the stairs.

The alcove grows so hot, too, at night that I shall be obliged to lie on the couch.'

“An easy penance;” and the Marquise moved smilingly towards the alcove.

The doorway into the alcove bedroom was concealed by a portière.

Mrs. McVeigh arose, and with a slight bow to the dowager, passed into the alcove.

It looked as if she was concealing the thoughts that made her rigid in the darkness of the alcove.

When he had gone, she turned to the Cardinal, who stood in the doorway of the alcove.

When, at that instant, he saw the curtain of the alcove slightly stirred.

Ben Aboo had tried to follow them, but he had been killed in the alcove of the patio.

Word Value for alcove
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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