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 There are balconies on every floor, plus a front porch equipped with fire pits and snug seating nooks (ideal for enjoying a post-dinner amaro from the lounge, which also serves coffee and Flour Moon bagels in the morning and small dishes all day). Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024 Photo : Tyler Hogan for Sotheby's International Realty A breakfast nook. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024 And some children notice it, too, one morning in their woodsy cabin’s breakfast nook, when a stranger whom their dad brought home — some kid named Bobby — roughs his way through the changes of a new song as sunlight softens the air. Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024 The latter forms a posh seating area in the new living room, formerly cut short by a staircase and mezzanine that Jon and project contractor Marc Kaplan of Elite Builders reconfigured (the interior architecture changes also helped expand the kitchen to allow space for a breakfast nook). Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024 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 19 Jan. 2025.

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