Meaning & use
nooks and crannies
Small, hidden, or hard-to-reach parts of a place, especially ones worth exploring.
See it in a sentence
The old bookshop has so many nooks and crannies that customers often lose track of time browsing.
We spent the afternoon exploring every nook and cranny of the ancient castle.
A note on using this word
This fixed phrase is almost always used in the plural and rarely appears as 'nook and cranny' outside of the singular idiom form.
Words with a similar meaning
cornershideaways
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