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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: alcôve, from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qubbah 'the arch'

alcove

 noun
     
Related topics: House, Buildings
al‧cove [countable]
DHHTBB a place in the wall of a room that is built further back than the rest of the wall
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