All 8 Uses

alcove
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The Last Song
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On the bedstand beside her lay a stack of framed photographs from the alcove of the small beach house, along with other items she'd collected that morning.†
Chpt Prol.
The piano was located in a small alcove off the small living room...
Chpt 2 *

alcove = recessed (partly enclosed and pushing outward from the main room)
In a fury, she crossed the room toward the alcove, grabbed the picture of her playing the piano—the one with her dad beside her on the bench—and hurled it across the room.†
Chpt 6
He was standing behind the piano in the alcove as Steve brought the plates of spaghetti to the table.†
Chpt 9
After buying the materials he needed, primarily two-by-fours and sheets of plywood, Steve and Jonah spent the morning closing off the alcove.†
Chpt 11
Steve hammered in a nail, hung the photograph of Ronnie and Jonah he'd removed from the alcove, and took a step back to examine his handiwork.†
Chpt 11
He'd even boarded up the alcove because she didn't want to be reminded of it.†
Chpt 32
As he stared at the piano standing exposed in the alcove, she knew she had done the right thing.†
Chpt 35

Definitions:

(1) (alcove)
a recessed or secluded space -- such as in a room or garden

The alcove of a room is a smaller room attached to a larger room and separated by an arch or other architectural feature other than a door.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)