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alcove

noun as in nook, secluded spot

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Portraits of the Rolling Stones and other easily recognizable stars populate the small, alcove-like room straight ahead.

Gwynne walked about the large old-fashioned room with its bow-window, and alcove for the bed.

In a special alcove was a large number of priceless Fourteenth and Sixteenth Century editions.

In the shadow of an alcove seat Maxwell stood with a small black envelope in his hand.

Cheap, but pretty, curtains hung before the windows and about the alcove where the bed was.

They stepped aside into an alcove set with card-tables, and Susannah gazed away from her companion and down the crowded ballroom.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to alcove, such as: compartment, cubicle, anteroom, bay, bower, and corner.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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