cubbyholes

noun

plural of cubbyhole
as in crannies

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  1. crannies
  2. nooks
  3. corners
  4. alcoves
  5. cubicles
Noun
  • Its long, slender, and flexible upper beak is great for pulling food out of nooks and crannies.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The Kettle Moraine State Forest is right at our edge, and there are nooks and crannies where something could hide.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of crannies
Noun
  • Its long, slender, and flexible upper beak is great for pulling food out of nooks and crannies.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The Kettle Moraine State Forest is right at our edge, and there are nooks and crannies where something could hide.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of nooks
Noun
  • Huang, who resigned from his post Thursday, was the AI world’s central bank chairman and human security blanket, always there with a checkbook to backstop, acquire, hire, invest in, or otherwise underwrite the least underwritable corners of AI.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Financial innovation could also spread that phenomenon to other corners of the developing world, concentrating even more of the world’s savings—and its financial risks—in a single currency managed by a single central bank.
    — Gordon Liao, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of corners
Noun
  • Tucked beneath the second-floor mezzanine, a series of alcoves became larger-than-life photo sets, with photographers on hand to capture guests in action.
    — Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
  • There were no bedrooms, just sleeping alcoves set into the walls.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of alcoves
Noun
  • Spread out across expansive work stations that resemble gleaming kitchen cubicles, chefs spend their days whipping up meals from soup to nuts, a laboratory of sorts to create appetizing and easy dinners to make at home.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Crews went floor to floor, hitting individual cubicles, offices and even coordinating with a restaurant also housed in the building.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of cubicles
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