nook

About 0.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.

   There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.

2. noun A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.

   The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.

3. noun A recess, cove or hollow.
4. noun An English unit of land area, originally ⁄4 of a yardland but later 12+⁄2 or 20 acres.
5. noun A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
6. noun The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.
7. verb To withdraw into a nook.
8. verb To situate in a nook.

Similar words

corner alcove cranny spot wedge shop neighborhood recess ingle coin

Often followed by

and of in or where for farm to on

Word family

nooks