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< Alcott, Louisa May

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al·cove

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NOUN:

A recess or partly enclosed extension connected to or forming part of a room.
A secluded structure, such as a bower, in a garden.

ETYMOLOGY:
French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qubba, the vault : al-, the + qubba, vault

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