nook and cranny

1. 1.

   something remote

   “he explored every nook and cranny of science”

   Synonymsnooks and crannies

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Questions about nook and cranny

What does nook and cranny mean?

nook and cranny means "something remote".

What is another word for nook and cranny?

Close synonyms include nooks and crannies. 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 nook and cranny a common word?

nook and cranny is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.