- every nook and cranny
- Every nook and crannyIf you search every nook and cranny, you look everywhere for something.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
every nook and cranny
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every nook and cranny — (informal) Everywhere • • • Main Entry: ↑nook * * * every nook and cranny/all the nooks and crannies/ phrase every part of a place We searched every nook and cranny of the house for him. Thesaurus: everywhere and anywhere … Useful english dictionary
every nook and cranny — Every nook and cranny means every possible part of a place. She searched every nook and cranny of the old town looking for antiques … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
every nook and cranny — ► every nook and cranny every part of something. Main Entry: ↑nook … English terms dictionary
every nook and cranny — every part of a place. Law books were stuffed into every nook and cranny of his office … New idioms dictionary
every nook and cranny — every part of something. → nook … English new terms dictionary
nook and cranny — noun something remote he explored every nook and cranny of science • Syn: ↑nooks and crannies • Hypernyms: ↑detail, ↑item, ↑point … Useful english dictionary
any nook or cranny — noun Any part of a place; anywhere. See Also: every nook and cranny … Wiktionary
nook — [nuk] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Old Norse] 1.) literary a small quiet place which is sheltered by a rock, a big tree etc ▪ a shady nook 2.) a small space in a corner of a room ▪ the table in the breakfast nook 3.) ev … Dictionary of contemporary English
nook — ► NOUN ▪ a corner or recess offering seclusion or security. ● every nook and cranny Cf. ↑every nook and cranny ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
nook — [ nuk ] noun count a small corner or sheltered space every nook and cranny/all the nooks and crannies every part of a place … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
