alcove

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noun

Plural noun:

alcoves

1.
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
2.
A shady retreat.
The house was situated in a leafy alcove.
3.
(countable)The geographical and geological term for a steep-sided hollow in the side of an exposed rock face or cliff of a homogeneous rock type, that was water eroded.

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From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة (vault, chamber with vaulted roof). qubba.