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# cranny

«cranny» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small crack, gap or hole in a wall or rock where…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cranny, crannies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small crack, gap or hole in a wall or rock where something tiny can hide or shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cranny/#m1)

2) (old use) Any tiny hidden corner or secret place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cranny/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a hiding place for small creatures, such as a crab in the rocks or a mouse in a wall; «every cranny» means every tiny corner

### examples

- The crab hid in a cranny between the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cranny/#x1)
- She felt into every cranny for the lost button. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cranny/#x2)
- The mouse squeezed through a cranny in the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cranny/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cranny» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cranny/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.