cranny
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substanceA small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
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Meaning
4 sensesA small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
Spalt, Versteck
щельščelʹ, трещинаtreščina
щільščilʹ, щілинаščilyna, тріщинаtriščyna
a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
(India, obsolete)A clerk writing English.
(India, obsolete)A member of the East Indians, or mixed-race people, from among whom English copyists were chiefly recruited.
Examples
11 sentencesDid you search every nook and cranny?
There's all kinds of nooks and crannies.
Mary knows every nook and cranny here.
ruМэри здесь каждый уголок знает.
deMaria kennt hier jeden Winkel.
Ziri explored the nooks and crannies of the site.
The dust gets into all the nooks and crannies.
deDer Staub dringt durch alle Ritzen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), fromFrom Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), from Old French cran, cren (“notch, fissure”), a derivative of crener (“to notch, split”), from Medieval Latin crenō (“split”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *crinō (“split, break”, verb), of obscure origin; according to Watkins, of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *krīnos (“decayed, withered”).
Borrowed from Hindustani किरानी (kirānī) / کِرانِی (kirānī).
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