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alcoving

alcoving is the present participle and gerund of alcove.

Meaning of alcove

Verb

alcove (third-person singular simple present alcoves, present participle alcoving, simple past and past participle alcoved)

  1. (rare, transitive) To furnish (something) with an alcove or to form an alcovelike recess.

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Questions about alcoving

What is alcoving the present participle and gerund of?
Alcoving is the present participle and gerund of alcove.

Words near alcoving in the dictionary

  1. Alcotts
  2. alcove
  3. alcoved
  4. alcovelike
  5. alcoves
  6. alcoving
  7. alcoxyl
  8. alcoxyls
  9. Alcoy
  10. Alcozauca de Guerrero
  11. alcoömeter

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