nook

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”). If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”). === Pronunciation === enPR: no͝ok, IPA(key): /nʊk/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /nʉk/ (obsolete) enPR: no͞ok, IPA(key): /nuːk/ Rhymes: -ʊk Homophones: Knook; (foot-goose merger) nuke === Noun === nook (plural nooks) A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove. Synonyms: alcove, ancona, recess A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat. A recess, cove or hollow. Synonym: niche (historical) An English unit of land area, originally 1⁄4 of a yardland but later 12+1⁄2 or 20 acres. Synonym: fardel (chiefly Northern England, archaic) A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land. (Homestuck fandom slang, vulgar) The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon. Coordinate term: tentabulge For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nook. ==== Alternative forms ==== (corner of a piece of land): nuke ==== Hypernyms ==== (unit of area): See hundred (16,000 nooks); see carucate (16); see virgate (4); see oxgang (2) ==== Hyponyms ==== (unit of area): See fardel (1⁄2 nook), see acre (various fractions & for further subdivisions) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== inglenook ==== Translations ==== === Verb === nook (third-person singular simple present nooks, present participle nooking, simple past and past participle nooked) To withdraw into a nook. To situate in a nook. === References === === Anagrams === Kono