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noun
1.
a corner, as in a room.
2.
any secluded or obscure corner.
3.
any small recess: a breakfast nook.
4.
any remote or sheltered spot: a shady nook that was ideal for a picnic.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English nok
1250–1300; Middle English nok
Related forms
nook·like, adjective
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Nook
is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Example Sentences
- Every nook of this former grocery store and woodworking shop is filled with the owner's personal items.
- Instead, he is poring over some papers in a nook of a.
- They may then wedge it into a tree nook to eat later.
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Word Origin & History
nook
c.1300, noke, of unknown origin. Possibly connected with Norw. dial. nokke "hook, bent figure," or O.E. hnecca "neck," but the sense evolution would be difficult.
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