Nook

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nook \Nook\ (n[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc.]
     A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between
     bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook?


                                                    --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nook
       n 1: a sheltered and secluded place
       2: an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was
          in one corner of the room" [syn: {corner}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "nook":
     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