nook
- noun
- /nʊk/
- Jan crept to the breakfast nook window and parted the blinds to peer out.
- nooks and crannies
- a reading nook
- a breakfast nook
Oh, look at this cozy little nook with the bench.
- Oh, look at this cozy little nook with the bench.
- But up there is just like a little nook with a couple of bedrooms.
- And then in this corner, we're building a beautiful kitchen nook, A banquet, banquet, banquet.
- But more importantly, when it expands, the nooks and the crannies in the sponge become available.
- And it was a giant edifice just filled with books and journals and all sorts of like specialized little nooks that people could go into.
- Here are things that you out there can take as inspiration for designing your own book Nooks.
- And I just brought him to bed and literally had him, like, in the nook on my arm, sleeping with him that way on night one.
- And I started referring to my bed as the tree house, which is probably the least creepy nickname you can give to your bed because it's this like nook that I climb up in.
- So beyond all this, the only out of place item is the far field quad array microphones that are embedded in the nook.
- But because my dad had all the skill set, he built her this little nook that had a long desk, all these shelves with books all lining the table.
Examples
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So, it's a one bedroom, one bath, but there's a nice little nook over here that would be great for a nursery,
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We sit at the breakfast nook while I pour my heart out.
Fiction book (1999) -
So over here is our kitchen nook and we mostly use the island.
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Over here, we got this cute little like breakfast nook, dinner situation.
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I'll be right out in our breakfast nook area.
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The kitchen and breakfast nook should be in the back along this hallway.
Fiction book (1995) -
I especially like the kitchen nook, and I wouldn't mind a little glass of juice.
Fiction book (1999) -
Oh, look at this cozy little nook with the bench.
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There was a perfect stranger, a woman, seated at his breakfast nook, hunched over a cup of coffee.
Fiction book (1999) -
The cozy nook by the window is the perfect spot to read my favorite book.
Synonyms
A quiet remote part of a country or place
A small quiet place where someone can rest alone
A secret place where nobody can find a person or thing
A private place where someone goes to be alone
A small space set back in a room for a bed or chair
A small hollow space set back into a wall or rock
A small enclosed space used for storing things, doing small tasks, or as a quiet nook
A small space near the kitchen with a table or seat where people eat breakfast
A small secret place to keep things safe or be alone
A small space by a fireplace where people sit to keep warm
A small comfortable corner with a chair and lamp for reading
A corner of a room next to a fireplace where people sit to feel warm
A small narrow space where a person can hide
A dim part of a room or place where people cannot see well
A small quiet corner in a room where you can sit
A small space set aside to hold or hide something
A small comfortable place, often private or hidden, where you go to relax and feel safe
Idioms
Compounds
A small space near the kitchen with a table or seat where people eat breakfast
How Hidden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nook comes from an old word meaning 'corner' or 'small hidden place', so think of a cozy corner where a cat curls up or where you hide to read. That's why a nook today means a small, sheltered, or hidden place.