cranny
pronunciation
How to pronounce cranny in British English:
UK [ˈkræni]
How to pronounce cranny in American English:
US [ˈkræni]
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- Noun:
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
Word Origin
- cranny
- cranny: see crenellate
- cranny (n.)
- mid-15c., possibly from a diminutive of Middle French cran "notch, fissure" (14c.), from crener "to notch, split," from Medieval Latin crenare, possibly from Latin cernere "to separate, sift" (see crisis). But OED casts doubt on this derivation.
Example
- 1. Make use of every nook and cranny in the bedroom
- 2. Sebald himself seemed aware of this : " if you knew every cranny / of my heart / you would yet be ignorant . "
- 3. Bedbugs do not discriminate among humans on the basis of race creed or socioeconomic status and they 're happy with almost any interior decorating style ; they are as happy in a french provincial nook as they are in a contemporary cranny .
- 4. Picture thousands of drones disseminating a killer virus with aerosols " to every nook and cranny " of the planet at once , she said .
- 5. To facilitate the cleaners , the sharks were seen swimming in a standing position , doing ballet-like twirls so that the fish washers could get at every nook and cranny .