0 a small space in a room, formed by one part of a wall being further back than the parts on each side:
We've put some bookshelves in the alcove.
1 a small space in a room, formed by one part of a wall being farther back than the parts on each side
At the point of maximum compression, the fireplace alcove is a receptacle of light and heat.
In the evening, if there are no guests and it is too cool to eat in the 'conservatory', meals are eaten in the kitchen alcove with the sliding doors closed.
Sight resonates with the dew left on the single flower in the alcove.
Other residents sat in the busy reception area or the alcoves of the corridor that ran along the side of the dining room where it was relatively quiet.
It appears that the prisoner escaped through a fire escape door from the alcove.
It stood in a little alcove on the stairs.
Additional shelves could be set at right angles, making alcoves.
However, even at that time the intention was to have separate alcoves for men and women.
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