Cranny
noun
A small, narrow space or hole that is hard to notice.
He searched every nook and cranny of the attic for his old photo album.
Often appears as...
- nook and cranny
- every cranny
noun
A tiny, detailed aspect of something.
He knew every cranny of the legal text, having studied it for years.
Often appears as...
- legal cranny
- every cranny
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A small, narrow space or hole that is hard to notice.
He searched every nook and cranny of the attic for his old photo album.
Often appears as...
- nook and cranny
- every cranny
noun
A tiny, detailed aspect of something.
He knew every cranny of the legal text, having studied it for years.
Often appears as...
- legal cranny
- every cranny
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Spaces
Refers to small physical areas that are often overlooked. Think of tiny gaps or openings.
She painted every cranny of the intricate sculpture.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal and Metaphorical
Can describe actual tiny spaces or a figurative situation where details are hidden.
They scoured every cranny for clues.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Pair
Often used with 'nook' to emphasize searching or being thorough in hiding or finding.
They cleaned every nook and cranny.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Spaces
Refers to small physical areas that are often overlooked. Think of tiny gaps or openings.
She painted every cranny of the intricate sculpture.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal and Metaphorical
Can describe actual tiny spaces or a figurative situation where details are hidden.
They scoured every cranny for clues.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Pair
Often used with 'nook' to emphasize searching or being thorough in hiding or finding.
They cleaned every nook and cranny.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Spaces
Refers to small physical areas that are often overlooked. Think of tiny gaps or openings.
She painted every cranny of the intricate sculpture.
Pro Tip 2/3Literal and Metaphorical
Can describe actual tiny spaces or a figurative situation where details are hidden.
They scoured every cranny for clues.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Pair
Often used with 'nook' to emphasize searching or being thorough in hiding or finding.
They cleaned every nook and cranny.
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Video examples
The sharks that hunt in...
Some species can even excrete the excess minerals through specially adapted salt glands. All these processes make mangroves more than a little salty, but that doesn’t deter coastal life from living in their nooks and crannies. While birds nest among mangrove branches,
Video examples
Advice from the world’s...
messy window the disgusting messy window full of cigarette butts it's such a et cetera running out of time so your takeaway from all this what is your takeaway from all this good question your takeaway is that the the freaky marginal nooks and crannies of the world
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Roy Gould: WorldWide...
you can tour the universe with astronomers as your guides. And I'm not talking here about just experts who are telling you what you're seeing, but really people who are passionate about the various nooks and crannies of the universe,
Video examples
The big-beaked,...
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Matthew Walker
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No aspect of our biology is left unscathed by sleep deprivation. It sinks down into every possible nook and cranny. And yet no one is doing anything about it.
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Yukio Mishima
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Carlos Mencia
American Comedian
I like to look in the crevices of things, the nooks and the crannies. I like to see the things other people don't see, don't want to look at.
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Meles Zenawi
Ethiopian Statesman
Democracy cannot be a plaything for the capital cities. It has to infiltrate every nook and cranny in the country, including the village.
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Alastair Reynolds
British Author
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Dominic Raab
British Politician
Prisoners have benefited disproportionately from 'rights inflation' - the expansion of human rights into unforeseen nooks and crannies.
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