cranny
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure: They searched every nook and cranny for the missing ring.
a small out-of-the-way place or obscure corner; nook.
Origin of cranny
1Words that may be confused with cranny
- cranny , nook
Words Nearby cranny
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How to use cranny in a sentence
Don’t overlook the tiny nooks and crannies of food compartments.
Is it noon yet? The best lunch box, bento boxes, lunch bags for adults | Florie Korani | August 12, 2021 | Popular-Science“We’re busy getting Bob into every nook and cranny,” Kowalski said in an interview.
Additional imaging with a 3D or 4D Doppler would allow a physician to evaluate the nooks and crannies of the fetus and the cord.
What umbilical cord tests can and can’t tell us about stillbirths | Purbita Saha | July 8, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhile most highly-automated warehouses are built around machines from the start, Stretch will be able to roll into corners and crannies not designed for automation and get to work.
Boston Dynamics’ New Warehouse Robot, Stretch, Moves 800 Boxes an Hour | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | March 31, 2021 | Singularity HubKeep going around the artichoke, filling every nook and cranny.
Rawashda is holding his laptop as he points out every nook and cranny of his studio apartment.
Unlike the three-walled sets of Hollywood soundstages, this is made for every nook and cranny to be filmed.
Those scenes that are just in every nook and cranny at the Grand Ole Opry, that to me is the beauty of the show.
Emmys 2013: Connie Britton Picks Her Favorite ‘Nashville’ Moments | Connie Britton | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMousack is piped into every nook and cranny of the damn ship: the elevators, the restaurants, the hallways.
The old miner set the machine working, and the light flashed into every nook and cranny of the subterranean cavern.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiThere was not one nook or cranny into which that ruthless self-knowledge could not throw its cruel glare.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdIt was his theory of Duty, expanded till it penetrated 57 every cranny of the individual soul.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton KingThere was no cranny in the rocks too small for them to reconnoiter with caution.
Riders of the Silences | John FrederickAre we wise to hide from life, like a lizard in a cranny of a wall?
The Proud Prince | Justin Huntly McCarthy
British Dictionary definitions for cranny
/ (ˈkrænɪ) /
a narrow opening, as in a wall or rock face; chink; crevice (esp in the phrase every nook and cranny)
Origin of cranny
1Derived forms of cranny
- crannied, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with cranny
see nook and cranny.
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