n. [ F. alcôve, Sp. or Pg. alcoba, from Ar. al-quobbah arch, vault, tent. ] 1. (Arch.) A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The youthful wanderers found a wild alcove. Falconer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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开间

[开间 / 開間, kāi jiān, ㄎㄞㄐㄧㄢ]alcove; bay in a room; unit of length used for rooms, approx. 3.3 meters#45617[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Alkoven { m } [ arch. ]

alcove[Add to Longdo]

Nische { f } | Nischen { pl }

alcove | alcoves[Add to Longdo]

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床

[とこ, toko](n) (1) bed; bedding; (2) sickbed; (3) (abbr) (See 床の間) alcove; (4) riverbed; (5) seedbed; (6) straw "core" of a tatami mat; (7) (See 床・ゆか・1) floor; (P)#2631[Add to Longdo]

書院

[しょいん, shoin](n) drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove; (P)#5209[Add to Longdo]

アルコーブ

[aruko-bu](n) alcove[Add to Longdo]

床の間

[とこのま, tokonoma](n) tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed); (P)[Add to Longdo]

床柱

[とこばしら, tokobashira](n) alcove post[Add to Longdo]

床板

[ゆかいた;しょうばん, yukaita ; shouban](n) (See 床の間) alcove slab; wooden board placed in a tokonoma; baseboard; base plate[Add to Longdo]

床脇

[とこわき, tokowaki](n) section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)[Add to Longdo]

落とし掛け;落とし懸け;落し掛け;落し懸け

[おとしがけ, otoshigake](n) (1) lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room; (2) cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom; (3) (See 火鉢) metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi[Add to Longdo]

龕

[がん, gan](n) niche or alcove for an image[Add to Longdo]

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