Cove

Quick meaning: Cove is a noun meaning (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.

Meaning

(now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.

More Meanings

1. (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
2. A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
3. (US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
4. (Cumbria) A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
5. (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
6. (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
7. (Appalachia) A valley between two ridges, especially one that, opening to the south and east, is protected by ridges on the north and west from common winter storm tracks.

Example Sentences

secret coves and noukes

The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.

At one point, a friendly-looking sort of cove with silver hair and a grandfatherly kind of face beamed at him […]

They were, despite their ignorance, unavoidably prosperous since their farm occupied a wide piece of cove bottom with dirt so black and rich it would raise sweet potatoes as long as your arm[.]

Word Forms

• coves
• coving
• coved

Synonyms for cove

Depending on context, synonyms include man, friend, covie, inlet, recess.

Antonyms for cove

Common opposites include covess, mort, blone, woman, enemy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include recess, inlet, cave, creek, ratchet, bight.

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