Cove
English
Noun
Cove (plural Coves)- (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
- A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
- (now dialectal) A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
- (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
- (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
- (UK) A fellow; a man.
- (Australian) A friend; a mate.
Adjectives for Cove
fascinating; shallow; sunlit; quiet; wooded; eddying; drowsy; snug.
Thesaurus
alcove, antre, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archway, arm, armlet, bastard, bay, bayou, being, belt, bight, bird, boca, body, bugger, bunker, burrow, camber, carrel, cat, cave, cavern, ceilinged roof, chap, character, concameration, concha, corner, cranny, creature, creek, cubby, cubbyhole, cubicle, cupola, customer, dome, duck, dugout, earthling, estuary, euripus, feller, fellow, fjord, foxhole, frith, geodesic dome, grot, grotto, groundling, gulf, gut, guy, hand, harbor, head, hole, homo, human, human being, igloo, individual, inglenook, inlet, jasper, joker, keystone, kyle, lad, lair, life, living soul, loch, man, mortal, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, niche, nook, nose, ogive, one, oriel, party, person, personage, personality, pitchhole, reach, recess, recession, road, roads, roadstead, roomlet, sewer, single, skewback, slough, snuggery, somebody, someone, soul, sound, span, strait, straits, stud, subterrane, subway, tellurian, terran, tunnel, vault, vaulting, voussoir, warren, worldling
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kəʊv/
