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Antonyms for cranny

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kran-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkræn i

Definition of cranny

Origin :
  • mid-15c., possibly from a diminutive of Middle French cran "notch, fissure" (14c.), from crener "to notch, split," from Medieval Latin crenare, possibly from Latin cernere "to separate, sift" (see crisis). But OED casts doubt on this derivation.
  • noun nook, opening
Example sentences :
  • Her officers knew every nook and cranny of the coast along their beat.
  • Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad
  • Taking the lantern, I examined every nook and cranny of the cell for some other exit.
  • Extract from : « A Master of Mysteries » by L. T. Meade
  • Their old hut was like a rabbit-pen: there was a tow-head to every crack and cranny.
  • Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • There was no cranny in the rocks too small for them to reconnoiter with caution.
  • Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick
  • If only there were a cranny of light somewhere in the dead place!
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
  • He went about the distance of a gun-shot and saw a light in a cranny.
  • Extract from : « Roumanian Fairy Tales » by Various
  • The sunlight streamed into every nook and cranny of the room where they sat at breakfast.
  • Extract from : « Master of the Vineyard » by Myrtle Reed
  • Rays from the bull's-eyes were thrown into every nook and cranny.
  • Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson
  • They burst into every forbidden nook and cranny of the house.
  • Extract from : « My Friend Smith » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • They looked in every cranny and corner of the house upstairs and then down.
  • Extract from : « Army Boys on the Firing Line » by Homer Randall

Synonyms for cranny

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