Definition of "alcove" []

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

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• "Within the alcove is my ebony rod, wound with the silver serpent."
• "He presses a button and alcove is lighted by electricity, discovering the face of a large safe."
• "(Old Slave Block in St. Louis Hotel, New Orleans -- The name over the middle alcove is "M. Barnett", which was my birth name)"