Meanings
- in compoundsnot comparablesometimesHaving (a specified type or number of) alcoves.
The studio was a high room; its east end was alcoved and had five casement windows in a row […].
1944, Emily Carr, “Studio”, in The House of All Sorts
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of alcove
Origin
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