What does alcove mean?
Alcove means (architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room..
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/ˈæl.kəʊv/ · noun
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room..
It was very different from such bookstores as he had been accustomed to patronize. Two stories of the old house had been thrown into one: the lower space was divided into little alcoves; above, a gallery ran round the wall, which carried books to the ceiling.
The house was situated in a leafy alcove.
Use alcove when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alcove means (architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room..
Common synonyms include bay.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was very different from such bookstores as he had been accustomed to patronize. Two stories of the old house had been thrown into one: the lower space was divided into little alcoves; above, a gallery ran round the wall, which carried books to the ceiling.
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