as in crevices
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure
one climbing shoe got wedged into a cranny on the face of the cliff
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Recent Examples of crannies
This cleaner even has the ability to transform into a handheld vacuum to reach up high in nooks and crannies.
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2025
Now, outside their natural habitat, the beetles turn to the nooks and crannies of modern homes and structures for winter hibernation.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The flour’s light and airy texture is ideal for dusting a greased baking pan, especially ones with nooks and crannies, like Bundt pans.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Don't stop with just empty corners in your home—fill other nooks and crannies with books, too.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
Never fear, there are still plenty of nooks and crannies to hold your butter, maple syrup, fruit, and other toppings.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Instead of stripping your skin, the new technology does the opposite, cramming nourishers and moisturizing ingredients into microscopic nano-size droplets that nudge themselves into the nooks and crannies of your skin.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The in-game map also purposefully obscures some of the game's secret nooks and crannies, which can only be found with careful observation (or a handy walkthrough).
—ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the writers, directors, crew, and cast push the plot to a point where monsters and humans are playing a deadly game of hide-and-seek in places with lots of nooks and crannies.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2025
Now, outside their natural habitat, the beetles turn to the nooks and crannies of modern homes and structures for winter hibernation.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The flour’s light and airy texture is ideal for dusting a greased baking pan, especially ones with nooks and crannies, like Bundt pans.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Don't stop with just empty corners in your home—fill other nooks and crannies with books, too.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
Never fear, there are still plenty of nooks and crannies to hold your butter, maple syrup, fruit, and other toppings.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Instead of stripping your skin, the new technology does the opposite, cramming nourishers and moisturizing ingredients into microscopic nano-size droplets that nudge themselves into the nooks and crannies of your skin.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The in-game map also purposefully obscures some of the game's secret nooks and crannies, which can only be found with careful observation (or a handy walkthrough).
—ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the writers, directors, crew, and cast push the plot to a point where monsters and humans are playing a deadly game of hide-and-seek in places with lots of nooks and crannies.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crannies
Noun
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How To Keep Stink Bugs Out Stink bugs can squeeze into tight spaces between siding, crawl into cracks and crevices in window frames, and enter through open doors, windows, and vents.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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The invasive beetles from Asia would burrow through bark, the females laying eggs in crevices.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those fissures burst into the open last week, when Tucker Carlson conducted a friendly interview with the cheerfully white nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The journalist Beth Macy, who in her previous books chronicled the widening fissures in American society by examining the opioid crisis and the aftereffects of globalization, grew up there.—
Alex Kotlowitz,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Crannies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crannies. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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