We saw strange, colorful creatures in the crannies of the reef while scuba diving.
We explored every cranny of the old castle.
Recent Examples on the WebThe crates will stay in those nooks and crannies until the storage areas are ready in the offsite facility; then the items will be unpacked and stored, while the crates are brought back to the museum to be reused for more packing.—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024 The blade lifts out of the bowl, and there aren’t any nooks or crannies where food can collect and get left behind.—Laura Denby, Parents, 29 Feb. 2024 The scenes are quick and there are plenty of outdoor shots that showcase Toronto and its nooks and crannies, adding to the overall Canadian feel.—Amber Dowling, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024 No nook or cranny was an afterthought—even the powder rooms feature the finest European tile flooring and walls, Pink Namibia marble vanities embellished with polished Dornbracht fixtures.—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024 Forklifts may also be operating around other forklifts or navigating various corners, nooks and crannies within a vast warehouse setting.—Ozgur Ulku, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 His approach worked not only for obtuse triangles, but for far more complicated shapes: Irregular 100-sided tables, say, or polygons whose walls zig and zag creating nooks and crannies, have periodic orbits, so long as the angles are rational.—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024 Sleek and minimalistic spaces have been swapped for an aesthetic that sees no nook and cranny going unnoticed.—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2023 Find it on Amazon Get a Deeper Clean With This Groove Gap Cleaning Tool
Get into all the nooks and crannies with this gap cleaning tool that is specifically made to get into narrow areas that probably don’t get cleaned enough.—Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English crany, from Middle French cren, cran notch
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