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Meanings of nook in English

Portuguese
quina
Catalan
angle
Spanish
rincón

An interior angle formed by two meeting walls.

        quina
        Synonyms
        Examples for "corner"
        Examples for "corner"
        1
        As a result, David Breen moves out to the right corner forward.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The voice of the tall stranger in the corner broke in here:
        Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
        3
        Request corner room 814 on the top floor for a great view.
        The Guardian
        4
        We've come to the street corner where reality and virtual reality meet.
        Wired
        5
        Arsenal win a corner after good work by Smicer on the left.
        The Guardian
        Usage of nook in English
        1
        Every house in the country was examined in every nook and corner.
        The Pot of Gold, and Other Stories
        2
        The two girls searched in every nook and corner of the room.
        Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College
        3
        The chimney nook spanned the width of one end of the room.
        The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
        4
        Every nook and cranny in the surrounding rocks was alive with birds.
        Where the Sun Swings North
        5
        We pitched our tents in a sheltered nook on the mountain side.
        AE in the Irish Theosophist
        6
        By following her he had discovered her secret nook in the rocks.
        The Ragged Edge
        7
        The long-tailed blue was restored forthwith to its nook in my portmanteau.
        The Scalp Hunters
        8
        The green nook which I have been describing is called the Gasternthal.
        A Tramp Abroad
        9
        Forty years ago, she had chosen her nook in the Convent burying-ground.
        The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
        10
        Every nook and cranny of our lives were revealed to the other.
        Richard Carvel — Volume 08
        11
        Your dad and I knew every nook and cranny in this place.
        The story of edgar sawtelle
        12
        The arch is of four orders supported by nook-shafts with plain cushion-capitals.
        The Cathedral Church of Peterborough / A Description Of Its Fabr...
        13
        There was a dim nook there, in which Éponine was entirely concealed.
        Les Misérables
        14
        They have cameras in every room, every corridor, every nook and cranny.
        Something from the nightside
        15
        It was a narrow room made spacious by the glassed-in breakfast nook.
        Public secrets
        16
        They now reached the nook where their father proposed to leave them.
        Filipino Popular Tales
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        Translations for nook
        Spanish
        rincón
        Nook through the time
        Nook across language varieties
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