English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��vɪ�|-��vɪ�

Noun
en-noun

#A concave surface, often of gypsum or expanded polystyrene, forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall.

Quotations
2005 : The gilt lantern burned palely in the stairwell, but in the dining room the ordinary shadows deepened in the corners and hung like smoke in the coving of the ceiling. - w:Alan Hollinghurst|Alan Hollinghurst, w:The Line of Beauty|The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, 429)

• 2007-08-13 04:23 - Rodasmith - {{en-noun}}

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