cove
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊv
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English cofa
[edit] Noun
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cove (plural coves)
- A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
- (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.
[edit] Translations
a small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds
the wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship
a thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level
[edit] Etymology 2
From Romani kodo (“‘this one, him’”)
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cove (plural coves)
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a fellow; a man
[edit] Catalan
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cove
- a large basket
[edit] Italian
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cove f.
- Plural form of cova.
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of ceov
- voce