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🏛️ Curved ceiling 🏞️ With small bays
coved

coved

6.8
A curved surface where a wall meets the ceiling
  • adjective
  • /koʊvd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cóncavo
  • The dining room has a beautiful coved ceiling that adds elegance to the space.

Examples

  • They chose a coved design for the hallway to create a softer transition between the walls and ceiling.

  • With its charming coved edges, the ceiling blends seamlessly into the walls.

  • Restorers preserved the original coved corners in the historic building.

  • The room has a coved ceiling.

  • Is this ceiling coved?

  • The living room features a stunning coved ceiling that enhances the overall aesthetic.

  • The architect recommended a coved ceiling to improve the room's ambiance and light flow.

Synonyms

arched
vscoved
4 3.2

Having a curved top like a bridge or window

is specific to curved surfaces where a wall meets a ceiling

How Curved

vaulted
1 6.1
arched
4 3.2
coved
  • Specialized
6.8
rounded
1 2.4
flat
797 1.0

Surface Forms

coved positive

Morphology

coved = cove (semi-transparent) = cove + ed

Regular derivation from the noun 'cove' with '-ed', but the architectural sense of 'cove' (a curved molding) is somewhat specialized and may not be known to all learners.

Etymology

Coved comes from cove, a word for a small hollow or 'cave' and for the curved shape used where a wall meets a ceiling. So a coved ceiling has a smooth, curved 'hollow' at the join between wall and ceiling.