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
Avoid dog cooling collars that have nooks and crannies that can be difficult to keep grass and dirt out of.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
The nooks and crannies of the standing coral skeletons provide an opportunity for the seaweeds, which compete with coral for reef space, to proliferate and take over the reef, preventing the return of corals.
—John Kominoski, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
Start by making your way around the nooks and crannies of Bridgeway Promenade, Sausalito’s heart.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
The trick to creating a lush landscape that’s overflowing with blooms and color is to add trailing plants that will fill in all the nooks and crannies.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
Concentrated apple cider syrup is drizzled over this poke loaf to fill up all the little nooks and crannies with big apple flavor.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
The neighborhood Bairro Alto Hotel sits on the boundary of two of Lisbon’s most captivating districts, Chiado and Bairro Alto, with their steeply, sloping cobblestone streets and intriguing nooks and crannies, so you’ll never be stuck for something to see, a place to eat, or a boutique to browse.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
The sensation is of walking into a bayou junk shop that’s been abandoned and left to flower, and within and around these verdant crannies, Tsimring conjures a literal electric storm.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026
And with the game’s scales tipped so far in one direction — toward players, toward equipment — the only answer for the course can be found in the greens; specifically, the smallest nooks and most inconvenient crannies of those surfaces.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
The nooks and crannies of the standing coral skeletons provide an opportunity for the seaweeds, which compete with coral for reef space, to proliferate and take over the reef, preventing the return of corals.
—John Kominoski, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
Start by making your way around the nooks and crannies of Bridgeway Promenade, Sausalito’s heart.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
The trick to creating a lush landscape that’s overflowing with blooms and color is to add trailing plants that will fill in all the nooks and crannies.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
Concentrated apple cider syrup is drizzled over this poke loaf to fill up all the little nooks and crannies with big apple flavor.
—Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
The neighborhood Bairro Alto Hotel sits on the boundary of two of Lisbon’s most captivating districts, Chiado and Bairro Alto, with their steeply, sloping cobblestone streets and intriguing nooks and crannies, so you’ll never be stuck for something to see, a place to eat, or a boutique to browse.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
The sensation is of walking into a bayou junk shop that’s been abandoned and left to flower, and within and around these verdant crannies, Tsimring conjures a literal electric storm.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026
And with the game’s scales tipped so far in one direction — toward players, toward equipment — the only answer for the course can be found in the greens; specifically, the smallest nooks and most inconvenient crannies of those surfaces.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crannies
Noun
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Vacuum along baseboards, in mattress seams, and inside the crevices of upholstered furniture, too.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
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The crevices may not be fully cleaned through the dishwasher.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Noun
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So, too, does the idea that a soccer coach could close fissures that even the well-meaning among career politicians have failed to seal.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
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The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 June 2026
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