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Cranny

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈkɹæni

Definitions

  1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
  2. A clerk writing English.
  3. A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
  4. A member of the East Indians, or mixed-race people, from among whom English copyists were chiefly recruited.

Equivalents

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العربيةالشّقّ
Gàidhligcòsagcùil
Nederlandsscheurspleet
Românăfisură
Tiếng Việtxó xỉnh

Examples

Down thro the Cranies of the living Walls / The Crystal Streams descend in murm'ring Falls
“[H]e peep'd into every Cranny; ſometimes he admir'd the Beauty of the Architecture, and the vaſt Solidity of the Maſon's VVork; at other Times he commended the Symmetry and Proportion of the Rooms.”
What a pity they didn’t stop up the chinks and the crannies though, and thrust in a little lint here and there.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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