nook and cranny
A place or part of a place, especially one that is small, remote, or tedious to access.
Everyone helped out to clean every nook and cranny of the house.
cranny
/ˈkɹæni/
noun 4verb 2
Collocations
2CRANNY + NOUN
admir'd, office, ometimes
PREP.
into
Definitions
noun
1
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
Down thro the Cranies of the living Walls / The Crystal Streams descend in murm'ring Falls
[H]e peep'd into every Cranny; ſometimes he admir'd the Beauty of the Architecture, and the vaſt Solidity of the Maſon's VVork; at other Times he commended the Symmetry and Proportion of the Rooms.
2
A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
verb
1
To break into, or become full of, crannies.
The ground did cranie everie where and light did pierce to hell.
2
To haunt or enter by crannies.
All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.
noun
1
A clerk writing English.
2
A member of the East Indians, or mixed-race people, from among whom English copyists were chiefly recruited.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
any nook or cranny
Any part of a place; anywhere.
This book could be in any nook or cranny of the house.
any old nook or cranny
Alternative form of any nook or cranny.
[Aunt Dahlia] had done Wilbert well where sleeping accommodation was concerned. What he had drawn when clocking in at Brinkley Court was the room known as the Blue Room, a signal h
nook or cranny
A place or part of a place, especially one that is small, remote, or tedious to access.
There was not one nook or cranny in the house to hide it.
every old nook and cranny
Alternative form of every nook and cranny.
Example Bank
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Down thro the Cranies of the living Walls / The Crystal Streams descend in murm'ring Falls
Wiktionary02
[H]e peep'd into every Cranny; ſometimes he admir'd the Beauty of the Architecture, and the vaſt Solidity of the Maſon's VVork; at other Times he commended the Symmetry and Proportion of the Rooms.
Wiktionary03
What a pity they didn’t stop up the chinks and the crannies though, and thrust in a little lint here and there.
Wiktionary04
The ground did cranie everie where and light did pierce to hell.
Wiktionary05
All tenantless, save to the crannying wind.
Wiktionary06
Tom searched every nook and cranny of the house looking for his wallet.
Tatoeba · #3461980Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, cranny is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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