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cove

UK/kəʊv/ US/koʊv/ fairly common uk us

noun

1.
2.

small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

Origin

From Middle English cove, from Old English cofa (“chamber; den”), from Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô. Cognate with Dutch koof (“cove”), German Low German Koov (“small room”), German Koben (“nook, shed”), Icelandic kofi (“hut, shack”). 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.

Phrases

  • Abram cove
  • autem cove
  • bang-up cove
  • bene cove
  • cove molding
  • cross cove
  • diddle cove
  • dimber cove
  • dookin cove
  • East Cove Port
  • Green Cove Springs

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