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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a sheltered and secluded place;

2. an interior angle formed by two meeting walls;
- Example: "a piano was in one corner of the room"
[syn: corner, nook]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nook
    n 1: a sheltered and secluded place
    2: an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was
       in one corner of the room" [syn: corner, nook]