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How to pronounce “cove”
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Pronunciation guide for cove
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of cove with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Racing Extinction
the director of the Academy Award winning film "The Cove"
- Definition summary
- (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. [from 9th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce cove
Racing Extinction
the director of the Academy Award winning film "The Cove"
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “cove”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. [from 9th c.]
- (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. [from 16th c.]
- A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight. [from 16th c.]
- (US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
- (Cumbria) A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. [from 19th c.]
- (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship. [from 19th c.]
- (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level. [from 19th c.]
- (Appalachia) A valley between two ridges, especially one that, opening to the south and east, is protected by ridges on the north and west from common winter storm tracks.
- [Verb]
- (architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
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