Nook
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English
Noun
Nook (plural Nooks)- A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.
- There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
- A hidden or secluded spot.
- The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.
Adjectives for Nook
sunny; lovely; shadow-haunted; sunnier; shady; obscurest; sequestered; narrow; fleshly; winding; advantageous; cobwebby; sheltered; trysting; secluded; unfrequented; leafy; studious.
Thesaurus
L, alcove, angle, apex, asylum, bay, bend, bifurcation, bight, bolt-hole, cache, cant, carrel, cavity, chevron, coin, concealment, corner, cove, cover, covert, coverture, crack, crank, cranny, crevice, crook, crotchet, cubby, cubbyhole, cubicle, dark corner, deflection, den, dogleg, dugout, elbow, ell, fork, foxhole, funk hole, furcation, hideaway, hideout, hidey hole, hiding, hiding place, hole, hook, inflection, inglenook, knee, lair, nest, niche, opening, oriel, pitchhole, point, quoin, recess, recession, refuge, retreat, roomlet, sanctuary, secret place, snuggery, stash, swerve, undercovert, veer, vertex, zag, zig, zigzag
Etymology
From Middle English noke, nok.
