as in alcove
a hollowed-out space in a wall books filled every nook in the literature professor's house

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Recent Examples of nook Photo : Simon Berlyn A seating nook can be found just off the den. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025 Zuber said telephone nooks can still be considered vintage rather than outdated. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 My brother’s bedroom was intended to be a walk-in closet, mine a breakfast nook, and neither had doors. Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025 And don’t despair if your historic home has a telephone nook. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for nook 

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“Nook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nook. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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