Download the app
educalingo
Search
In my gym class, we had something called The Pit, this little alcove where we had to sit if we forgot our gym clothes. It was usually just the crippled kid, the pregnant girl, and me. It was pretty awkward, just hanging with all these freaks who didn't want to show their legs.
Danny McBride

Meaning of "alcove" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALCOVE

From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qubbah the vault, arch.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF ALCOVE

alcove  [ˈælkəʊv] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALCOVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alcove is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALCOVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

alcove

Alcove

Alcove is an architectural term for a recess in a room, usually screened off by pillars, balustrades or drapery. In geography and geology, alcove is used for a wind-eroded depression in the side of a cliff of a homogenous rock type, famous from sandstones of the Colorado Plateau like the Navajo Sandstone.

Definition of alcove in the English dictionary

The first definition of alcove in the dictionary is a recess or niche in the wall of a room, as for a bed, books, etc. Other definition of alcove is any recessed usually vaulted area, as in a garden wall. Alcove is also any covered or secluded spot, such as a summerhouse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALCOVE


Bromsgrove
ˈbrɒmzˌɡrəʊv
clove
kləʊv
cookstove
ˈkʊkˌstəʊv
cove
kəʊv
drove
drəʊv
grove
ɡrəʊv
hove
həʊv
Jove
dʒəʊv
mangrove
ˈmæŋɡrəʊv
mauve
məʊv
rove
rəʊv
stove
stəʊv
strove
strəʊv
trove
trəʊv
wove
wəʊv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALCOVE

alcohol-free
alcoholic
alcoholically
alcoholicity
Alcoholics Anonymous
alcoholisation
alcoholise
alcoholism
alcoholization
alcoholize
alcoholometer
alcoholometry
Alcolock
alcool
alcopop
Alcoran
Alcoranic
alcorza
Alcott
alcoved

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALCOVE

a cut above
above
approve
dove
fall in love
for love
glove
groove
improve
in love
love
move
on the improve
on the move
over and above
prove
remove
the above
when push comes to shove
wood-burning stove

Synonyms and antonyms of alcove in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ALCOVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «alcove» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of alcove

Translation of «alcove» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF ALCOVE

Find out the translation of alcove to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alcove from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alcove» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

凹室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hueco
570 millions of speakers

English

alcove
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुन्ज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

альков
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alcova
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alcôve
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alcove
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alkoven
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アルコーブ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벽감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alcove
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phần lom của tường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Alcove
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Alcove
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kameriye
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alcova
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nisza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

альков
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alcov
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εσοχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alkov
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alkove
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alcove

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALCOVE»

The term «alcove» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.565 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
80
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «alcove» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of alcove
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «alcove».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALCOVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alcove» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alcove» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alcove

EXAMPLES

4 QUOTES WITH «ALCOVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word alcove.
1
Larry David
When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.
2
Danny McBride
In my gym class, we had something called The Pit, this little alcove where we had to sit if we forgot our gym clothes. It was usually just the crippled kid, the pregnant girl, and me. It was pretty awkward, just hanging with all these freaks who didn't want to show their legs.
3
Yotam Ottolenghi
The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove where someone is cooking something, and just watch them do it. That's my idea of fun.
4
Karen Russell
At the end of the block where I used to live in Coconut Grove in Miami, there's a swampy area, a no-name alcove with a little mangrove estuary. It's beautiful.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALCOVE»

Discover the use of alcove in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alcove and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cognitive Modeling
This chapter describes a connectionist model of category learning called ALCOVE (attention learning covering map). Any model of category learning must address the two issues of what representation underlies category knowledge and how ...
Thad A. Polk, Colleen M. Seifert, 2002
2
The Woman in the Alcove
pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition.
Anna Katharine Green, 2010
3
Critical Companion to Tennessee Williams
There is an alcove in his room with a bench seat. The moonlight floods his room every night, and he is thankful for its beauty. Every evening as he is nearing sleep, an apparition, a Madonna figure, appears on the bench. The figure reminds ...
Greta Heintzelman, Alycia Smith Howard, 2009
4
Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling - ICCM ...
Predided Alleltlon - ALCOVE-SAL I) I I) Rate of Change in Altelflon ln Dlmesion 1 Rate at Change In Mullen In Dlmesion 1 I n u a: J“ 44 1 a 1 m . m 5 "I l! I! Z I 5 I 5 in II 51 Figure l: The results of Simulation 1. A: predicted attention allocation to ...
Marsha Lovett, Christian Lebiere, Christian Schunn, 2004
5
Decorate Your Home with Colour
The same pattern is used for a wide border framing the window PRACTICAL TIP CREATE A FEATURE ALCOVE The usual treatment for shelves and alcoves is to paint them white, but if you pick the area out in dark paint you can create a ...
Libby Norman, 2007
6
Connectionist Psychology: A Text with Readings
ALCOVE: An exemplar-based connectionist model of category learning John K. Kruschke Indiana University, Bloomington ALCOVE 1attention learning covering map1 is a connectionist model of category learning that incorporates an ...
Rob Ellis, Glyn W. Humphreys, 1999
7
Community Mental Health: Challenges for the 21st Century
vOgel alCOve In order to provide a broader context regarding shelter services in the Dallas area, this section gives a brief sketch of the vogel Alcove, an acclaimed child development center that began operation in March 1987 (then named the ...
Jessica Millet Rosenberg, Samuel Rosenberg, 2006
8
The Woman in the Alcove (Webster's Chinese Simplified ...
This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Chinese Simplified thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of The Woman in the Alcove.
Anna Katharine Green, Inc Icon Group International, 2010
9
Animal Cognition: A Tribute To Donald A. Riley
These two differences combine to define different approaches in ALCOVE and BP to the internal representations at the level of hidden units (the site of common codes in connectionist models). In BP, all internal representations are acquired by ...
Thomas R. Zentall, 2013
10
Proceedings of the 25th Annual Cognitive Science Society: ...
... in the types of internal representation used (e.g. exemplars vs. prototypes; hyperplane vs. hypersphere activation regions). However, many of these NN models of categorization (e.g., ALCOVE) use some form of gradient method for learning.
Richard Alterman, David Kirsch, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALCOVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alcove is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pot Boiler: A group exhibition coming to SAM
... response to the graphite sticks in the Alcove Gallery and people's desire to express themselves, to the unexpected use of everyday materials ... «Spartanburg Herald Journal, Jul 15»
2
A Word In Edgewise: The Scholar's Ink and the Martyr's Blood
For the home and furnishings, we have alcove, adobe, mattress, sofa; and in fashion: gauze (qazz: silk), sequin (sikki: coins), crimson, carmine. «Ukiah Daily Journal, Jul 15»
3
USSR offers a cautionary tale for U.S.
I felt sorry for the KBG agent (the Soviet secret police) whose job was to hide in an alcove above the door to my room and monitor me while I ... «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Jul 15»
4
Del Mar lifeguards celebrate 50 years of rescues
“So I go check it out and near an alcove on the cliff there's this guy, buck naked, crying,” he said. “He's screaming, telling me he was bit in both ... «Coast News, Jul 15»
5
Social housing scheme near Ranelagh set to get green light
Alcove Properties, owned by developer Seán Reilly, was the preferred bidder and in 2010 signed a deal with the council to build 260 ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
6
DAVIS: Beaver, Wally ... and Opal
At Opal's we'd slurp nickel Green River sodas and read dime comics in the front window alcove. Across the street was a grocery where one Saturday night the ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jul 15»
7
The Three Stooges have their own museum
The third floor is devoted to Stooge-inspired art and, naturally, there's a gift alcove selling books, videos, shirts, bumper stickers and other ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
8
Gathering geese: DNR banding birds for statewide study
The flock of 40 was hiding somewhere, they surmised, in an alcove or hidden bay on the lake. Lesser developed lakes can present a challenge ... «Park Rapids Enterprise, Jul 15»
9
From classroom to couture
They're not quite placed in the window, but in an alcove that's visible from the outside. For the sunny portrait, “The Little Mermaid,” Lockamy has ... «PhillyVoice.com, Jul 15»
10
True Romance: Matched by computer, they clicked over coffee
Near a fountain at the Shops of Legacy, Adam walked Sarah to an alcove overlooking the water. Despite seeing Adam's friend with a camera, ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Alcove [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/alcove>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z