'Nook' definitions:
Definition of 'nook'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sheltered and secluded place
noun
An interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" [syn: corner, nook]
Definition of 'Nook'
From: GCIDE
- Nook \Nook\ (n[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc.] A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. [1913 Webster]
- How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nook'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alcove,
- angle,
- apex,
- asylum,
- bay,
- bend,
- bifurcation,
- bight,
- bolt-hole,
- cache,
- cant,
- carrel,
- cavity,
- chevron,
- coin,
- concealment,
- corner,
- cove,
- cover,
- covert,
- coverture,
- crack,
- crank,
- cranny,
- crevice,
- crook,
- crotchet,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- cubicle,
- dark corner,
- deflection,
- den,
- dogleg,
- dugout,
- elbow,
- ell,
- fork,
- foxhole,
- funk hole,
- furcation,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey hole,
- hiding,
- hiding place,
- hole,
- hook,
- inflection,
- inglenook,
- knee,
- L,
- lair,
- nest,
- niche,
- opening,
- oriel,
- pitchhole,
- point,
- quoin,
- recess,
- recession,
- refuge,
- retreat,
- roomlet,
- sanctuary,
- secret place,
- snuggery,
- stash,
- swerve,
- undercovert,
- veer,
- vertex,
- zag,
- zig,
- zigzag