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NOOKS AND CRANNIES

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Dictionary entry overview: What does nooks and crannies mean?

• NOOKS AND CRANNIES (noun)
The noun NOOKS AND CRANNIES has 1 sense:

1. something remote

Familiarity information: NOOKS AND CRANNIES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NOOKS AND CRANNIES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Something remote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

nook and cranny; nooks and crannies

Context example:

he explored every nook and cranny of science

Hypernyms ("nooks and crannies" is a kind of...):

detail; item; point (an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole)

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