nookとは

発音

• enPR: no͝ok, IPA^(key): /nʊk/
• (廃れた用法) enPR: no͞ok, IPA^(key): /nuːk/^[1]
• 韻: -ʊk

名詞

nook (複数形 nooks)

1. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.

   There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.

2. A hidden or secluded spot.

   The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.

3. (historical) An English unit of land area, originally ¼ of a yardland but later 12½ or 20 acres.
   • a. 1634, W. Noye, The Complete Lawyer, 57:

     You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land.

   • 1903, English Dialectical Dictionary, volume IV, page 295:

     Nook, an old legal term for 12½ acres of land; still in use at Alston.

   • 1968 November 9, The Economist, page 2:

     They poured their wine by the aume or the fust, and cut their cloth by the goad—not to be confused with the gawd, which was a measure of steel. Their nook was not cosy; it covered 20 acres.

同意語

• (small corner): alcove, recess, ancone
• (unit of area): fardel

上位語

• (unit of area): See hundred (16,000 nooks); see carucate (16); see virgate (4); see oxgang (2)

下位語

• (unit of area): See fardel (½ nook), see acre (various fractions & for further subdivisions)

派生語

• nookery

関連する語

• inglenook
• any nook or cranny, every nook and cranny, nook and cranny, nook or cranny

アナグラム

• Kono

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