cranny

Questions about cranny

What does cranny mean?

cranny means "a long narrow depression in a surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cranny?

cranny has 2 syllables: cran-ny. The stress falls on "cran". In IPA it is /ˈkɹæni/.

What is another word for cranny?

Close synonyms include crevice, crack, fissure, chap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cranny a common word?

cranny is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.