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6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a small recess opening off a larger room
originFrom French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”). Doublet of qubba.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0