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US
/ˈkɹæni/
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[ UK /kɹˈæni/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈæni/ ]
NOUN
- a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
- a long narrow depression in a surface
How To Use cranny In A Sentence
- Celtic's supporters annexed the place for the day, filling every nook and cranny and, on many occasions, succumbing to the temptation to leap the hoardings for good-natured but tiresome pitch invasions.
- Besides these indications of comfort, the whole of the inside had been newly whitewashed — that is, only the Christmas before, though in the eleven months which had intervened the volumes of smoke which continually rolled through every cranny of the place had somewhat tarnished the virgin purity of its hue, converting it at length into a whity-brown yellow; yet even that colour was better than none. Ralph Rashleigh
- Opulence exudes from each nook and cranny, and that can be seen in every scene in the movie.
- The wind picked up and ruffled his hair each time he emerged from a crack or a cranny; the main arm of the canyon was like a wind tunnel.
- He was a scranny corpse when I strecked him out. Lucretia — Complete
- Of course, his favorite place to sleep is in a nook and/or cranny under my bed (under my bed is used for storage, so a ton of crud under there - including spare blankets) so he's obviously not claustrophobic.
- In the weeks which followed, several domiciliary visits were paid, not a shack or tent in Nome escaping, but Fortune lay in his cranny undisturbed. WHICH MAKE MEN REMEMBER
- They penetrate every nook and cranny of a person's existence, hallowing even the lowliest acts and elevating them to a service to God.
- Livingstone acknowledges it will be a mammoth task to fill every nook and cranny of the national stadium.
- Much to Enj's relief they did find decent water, tinged with sulphur and warm, but drinkable, in the occasional pool or cranny. A TIME OF WAR