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Cranny

Cranny Meaning & Definition
Cranny Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cranny?

[n] a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
[n] a long narrow depression in a surface

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cranny: chap | crack | crevice | fissure

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cranny: abysm | abyss | alcove | arroyo | asylum | bay | bezel | bolt-hole | box canyon | breach | break | cache | canyon | carrel | cavity | chamfer | chap | chase | chasm | check | chimney | chink | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | concealment | corner | corrugation | coulee | couloir | cove | cover | covert | coverture | crack | crevasse | crevice | cubby | cubbyhole | cubicle | cut | cwm | dado | dark corner | defile | dell | den | dike | ditch | donga | draw | dugout | engraving | excavation | fault | fissure | flaw | flume | flute | fluting | foxhole | fracture | funk hole | furrow | gap | gape | gash | gorge | gouge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hideaway | hideout | hidey hole | hiding | hiding place | hole | incision | joint | kloof | lair | leak | microgroove | moat | niche | nook | notch | nullah | opening | oriel | pass | passage | rabbet | ravine | recess | refuge | rent | retreat | rifling | rift | rime | roomlet | ruck | rupture | rut | sanctuary | scissure | score | scratch | seam | secret place | slit | slot | snuggery | split | stash | streak | stria | striation | sulcation | sulcus | trench | undercovert | valley | void | wadi | well-worn groove | wrinkle

See Also | depression | hole | impression | imprint

Cranny In Webster's Dictionary

\Cran"ny\ (kr[a^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Crannies} (-n[i^]z). [F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).] 1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. --Dryden. He peeped into every cranny. --Arbuthnot. 2. (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
\Cran"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crannied} (-n?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crannying}.] 1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.] The ground did cranny everywhere. --Golding. 2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies. All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. --Byron.
\Cran"ny\, a. [Perh. for cranky. See {Crank}, a. ] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

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