nook
/nʊk/ noun C1- 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.
- 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.
- A recess, cove or hollow.
- An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
- The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.
Plural nooks
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A CROW in great want of food saw a Serpent asleep in a sunny nook, and flying down, greedily seized him.
Sitting safe in nursery nooks,
Among the ivy's inmost nook.
It was furnished partly as a sitting and partly as a bedroom, with flowers arranged daintily in every nook and corner.
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