NOOK

corner, nook

(noun) an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; “a piano was in one corner of the room”

nook

(noun) a sheltered and secluded place

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

nook (plural nooks)

A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.

Synonyms: alcove, ancone, recess

A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.

A recess, cove or hollow.

Synonym: niche

(historical) An English unit of land area, originally 1/4 of a yardland but later 12-1/2 or 20 acres.

Synonym: fardel

(chiefly, Northern England, archaic) A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.

Hypernyms

• (unit of area): See hundred (16,000 nooks); see carucate (16); see virgate (4); see oxgang (2)

Hyponyms

• (unit of area): See fardel (1/2 nook), see acre (various fractions & for further subdivisions)

Verb

nook (third-person singular simple present nooks, present participle nooking, simple past and past participle nooked)

To withdraw into a nook.

To situate in a nook.

Anagrams

• Kono

Source: Wiktionary

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Nook, n. Etym: [OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc.]

Definition: A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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