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A part of a place, especially small or remote.
There was not one nook or cranny in the house to hide it.
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nook and cranny — noun A place or part of a place, especially small or remote. Syn: nook or cranny … Wiktionary
nook and cranny — noun something remote he explored every nook and cranny of science • Syn: ↑nooks and crannies • Hypernyms: ↑detail, ↑item, ↑point … Useful english dictionary
every nook and cranny — (informal) Everywhere • • • Main Entry: ↑nook * * * every nook and cranny/all the nooks and crannies/ phrase every part of a place We searched every nook and cranny of the house for him. Thesaurus: everywhere and anywhere … Useful english dictionary
every nook and cranny — Every nook and cranny means every possible part of a place. She searched every nook and cranny of the old town looking for antiques … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
every nook and cranny — If you search every nook and cranny, you look everywhere for something … The small dictionary of idiomes
every nook and cranny — ► every nook and cranny every part of something. Main Entry: ↑nook … English terms dictionary
any nook or cranny — noun Any part of a place; anywhere. See Also: every nook and cranny … Wiktionary
every nook and cranny — every part of a place. Law books were stuffed into every nook and cranny of his office … New idioms dictionary
nook — [nuk] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Old Norse] 1.) literary a small quiet place which is sheltered by a rock, a big tree etc ▪ a shady nook 2.) a small space in a corner of a room ▪ the table in the breakfast nook 3.) ev … Dictionary of contemporary English
nook — ► NOUN ▪ a corner or recess offering seclusion or security. ● every nook and cranny Cf. ↑every nook and cranny ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
