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alcoved

alcoved adjective: having (a specified type or number of) alcoves. Also the simple past and past participle of alcove.

Adjective

alcoved (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds, sometimes) Having (a specified type or number of) alcoves.
    • The studio was a high room; its east end was alcoved and had five casement windows in a row […].1944, Emily Carr, “Studio”, in The House of All Sorts

Also used as

alcoved is also the simple past and past participle of alcove.

Origin of alcoved

From alcove + -ed.

Questions about alcoved

What does alcoved mean?
Alcoved means having (a specified type or number of) alcoves.
What part of speech is alcoved?
Alcoved is an adjective.

Words near alcoved in the dictionary

  1. alcotourists
  2. Alcott
  3. Alcottian
  4. Alcotts
  5. alcove
  6. alcoved
  7. alcovelike
  8. alcoves
  9. alcoving
  10. alcoxyl
  11. alcoxyls

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