[
US
/ˈkɹæni/
]
[ UK /kɹˈæni/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈæni/ ]
NOUN
- a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
- a long narrow depression in a surface
How To Use cranny In A Sentence
- She knows every nook and cranny of the city, so she's the perfect guide.
- Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad.
- he explored every nook and cranny of science
- Every conceivable nook and cranny is stuffed with malignant faunae waiting to pounce. My Family and Other Animals
- The mountains are so close, you can see every crag and cranny.
- The eccentric shape of the room made a cranny, and here he could create the illusion of solitude.
- Next week a new residential block opens at its organic farm, Kilcranny House, just outside Coleraine.
- They had been conversing about the magnificent old ruin, and the ages in which it had been built, and the vicissitudesof time and war, that had battered down its walls, and left it "tenantless, save to the crannying wind. Hyperion
- He lived in a big old house, full from floor to ceiling, in every nook and cranny, with collectible items.
- Telling people how to behave is one thing, but telling them what to believe means invading every intellectual nook and cranny in order to root out contrary ideas.