Alcove and Room

Alcove

Alcove noun - A freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting (as a park) typically offering commanding views.

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Room and alcove are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Room" instead a noun "Alcove".

Room noun - An area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall.

Usage example: finally had a room to himself when his older brother went off to college

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Alcove and room are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alcove" instead a noun "Room".

Nearby Words: roomy, roomed, roomer, roominess, roomette

full	full alcove	full room
empty	empty alcove	empty room
small	small alcove	small room
little	little alcove	little room
Other adjectives: tiny, secret, hidden, next.

If you carry it to the last leg of the mission, you can place it in an alcove in an out-of-the-way room to gain access to an Aperture Laboratories testing facility.

Source: Easter Egg
Then the camera pans out to show that the statue was standing in an alcove inside an enormous room filled with hundreds of other statues.

Source: Video Game / Baldur's Gate
Many dungeons have some bosses that are optional in this sense, that they are in an alcove or side room and you can clearly go on to later bosses without even disturbing them.

Source: Dungeon Bypass