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Synonyms for cove

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kohv
Phonetic Transcription : koÊŠv

Top 10 synonyms for cove
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Définition of cove

Origin :
  • early 14c., "den, cave," from Old English cofa "small chamber, cell," from Proto-Germanic *kubon (cf. Old High German kubisi "tent, hut," German Koben "pigsty," Old Norse kofi "hut, shed"). Extension of meaning to "small bay" is 1580s, apparently via Scottish dialectal meaning "small hollow place in coastal rocks" (a survival of an Old English secondary sense).
  • noun inlet, small niche
Example sentences :
  • Though the cove was more quiet than the ocean, yet it was fearful enough, even there.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • I don't like that schooner, Jess, and its ugly crew, lying there in the Cove.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • Beyond, on the waters of the Cove, the Southern Cross rode at anchor.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • By the time Dan was put ashore on the beach of the Cove it was afternoon.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • No cove, no creek even, opened its friendly arms to receive them.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • He could not bathe in the cove because Miss Graham would be there.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • If he wished to swim in that cove, no matter who might be there, he was perfectly free to do it.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The dory itself, with the oars in her, was moored in the cove.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He turned and began to swim in the opposite direction, up the cove.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "I'm going to that beach over there," she said, pointing across the cove.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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