cove

Significat (anglès)

1. A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
2. A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
3. A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
4. A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
5. A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
6. The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
7. A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
8. A valley between two ridges.

bay

inlet

small bay

engpass

scotia moulding

sea-inlet

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/koʊv/

From Middle English cove, from Old English cofa (“chamber; den”), from Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô. Cognate with German Koben, Swedish kova. This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblance to the unrelated word English cave. Also unrelated to Spanish cueva, which itself is a cognate of cave.