cranny

as in crevice
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 cranny Bone collector caterpillars grow up to be moths, like most caterpillars do, but these moths tend to lay their eggs in a spiderweb’s nooks and crannies. Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025 Arroyo Hondo is a long creek with plenty of nooks and crannies for trout to hide in. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025 Wood Sidey recommends using water and wild dish soap with a soft bristle brush to get into the grooves as a porous material with lots of nooks and crannies. Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025 What's left of Hungary's free press can be found in nooks and crannies that dot the capital. Rob Schmitz, NPR, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cranny
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Noun
  • The vacuum also comes with a crevice tool to target curtains, upholstery, and more.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 22 May 2025
  • These included an extension wand and crevice tool, wide standard head, smaller upholstery tool, dusting brush, battery, charger, and mount.
    Stewart Savin, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • But his return to center stage—or at least his self-invitation to it—is showing the fissures in a party that hasn’t fully decided if Biden is friend or foe, the party elder who stepped aside or the has-been who didn’t know when to exit.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 8 May 2025
  • This case exposes a wide fissure in the foundation.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 May 2025

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“Cranny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranny. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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