nook
[noo k]
- a corner, as in a room.
- any secluded or obscure corner.
- any small recess: a breakfast nook.
- any remote or sheltered spot: a shady nook that was ideal for a picnic.
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Origin of nook
1250–1300; Middle English nok
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Examples from the Web for nook
Contemporary Examples
Swinging high in the air, squeezing into a nook, or rolling down a hill might provide these sorts of sensory input.
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.
The Barnes & Noble CEO, lauded for his advocacy of Nook, has just resigned.
Historical Examples
They carried the candle to every nook and corner of the cloisters, no result arising from it.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
Even in the most disabused of minds there remains a nook of fancy and hope.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
Other people desired to sit in Alice's nook, but discovered her in occupancy.
Alice AdamsBooth Tarkington
A few sound friendships and a nook full of family affection.
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
How warm it had been when they sat in that nook, chatting for many a long evening!
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
nook
- a corner or narrow recess, as in a room
- a secluded or sheltered place; retreat
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Word Origin
C13: origin obscure; perhaps related to Norwegian dialect nok hook
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Word Origin and History for nook
n.
c.1300, noke, of unknown origin. Possibly connected with Norwegian dialectal nokke "hook, bent figure," or Old English hnecca "neck," but the sense evolution would be difficult.
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