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cranny
[kran-ee] 
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cranny
[kran-ee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nook, opening |
| Synonyms: | breach, byplace, chink, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, gap, hole, interstice, niche |
| Notes: | the difference between a nook and a cranny is that the nook is a corner and a cranny is a crack |
| Main Entry: | corner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | niche |
| Synonyms: | angle, cavity, compartment, cranny, hide-out, hideaway, hole, indentation, nook, recess, retreat |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, crevice |
| Synonyms: | breach, chink, chip, cleft, cranny, crevasse, cut, discontinuity, division, fissure, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, interval, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, split |
| Main Entry: | crevice/crevasse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crack, gap |
| Synonyms: | abyss, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, cut, division, fissure, fracture, hole, interstice, opening, precipice, rent, rift, slit, split |
| Main Entry: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
| Antonyms: | closure |
| Main Entry: | hole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening in a solid object |
| Synonyms: | aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, fissure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided |
| Antonyms: | closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | interstice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening, crack |
| Synonyms: | aperture, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice, fissure, gap, hole, interval, slit, space |
| Antonyms: | closing, closure |
| Main Entry: | niche |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place all one's own |
| Synonyms: | alcove, byplace, calling, compartment, corner, cranny, cubbyhole, hole, hollow, indentation, nook, opening, pigeonhole, position, recess, slot, vocation |
| Main Entry: | nook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corner, cubbyhole |
| Synonyms: | alcove, byplace, cavity, compartment, cranny, crevice, den, hideout, hole, inglenook, niche, opening, quoin, recess, retreat |
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