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   alcove

   /ˈalkəʊv/

   noun

   • 1. a recess in the wall of a room or garden.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qubba ‘the vault’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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