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nook

USNUUK/nʊk/

Pluralnooks

Verbnooks, nooking, nooked

7 meanings of nook

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  1. 1
    indoor cornernouncountable
    A small corner of a room where two walls meet, or a small space set back into a wall.

    We put a little desk in the nook by the window.

    The cat sleeps in a nook under the stairs.

    Similaralcove, recess

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  2. 2
    hidden placenouncountable
    A quiet, hidden place where you can get away from others.

    She found a sunny nook in the garden where she could read in peace.

    Our favorite nook is a bench behind the old library.

    Similarcorner, retreat, hideaway

  3. 3
    natural hollownouncountable
    A hollow place in rocks or land, or a small, sheltered bay.

    The little boat stayed safe from the storm in a nook of the rocky shore.

    Seabirds built their nests in the nooks of the cliff.

    Similarniche

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  4. 4
    withdrawverbintransitive
    To go and settle in a small, tucked-away corner.

    The kids nooked under the stairs with a flashlight and some comics.

    I like to nook in the window seat with a book on rainy days.

    Similarnestle

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  5. 5
    fit into spaceverbtransitive
    To put or fit something into a small corner.

    A tiny desk was nooked into the space under the stairs.

    We can nook the bookshelf into that corner by the door.

    Similartuck, fit

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  6. 6
    land measurenounhistoricalcountable
    An old English measure for an area of land, later set at 12½ or 20 acres.

    The farmer rented a nook of land from the lord of the manor.

    Nook, an old legal term for 12+¹⁄₂ acres of land; still in use at Alston.
    1903, English Dialectical Dictionary, volume IVHere, nook means an old unit of land, about twelve and a half acres.
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  1. 7
    field cornernounarchaicNorthern England
    A corner of a field or piece of land, often one that sticks out into other land.

    We found the lost lamb in the far nook of the field, down by the river.

    The farm's boundary turns sharply at the north nook.

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Origin

From an old English word noke, meaning “corner”. Its earlier origin is not certain; it may come from a word meaning “hook” or “angle”.