noun
- A place off to the side of an area.
- usage: "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
- The point where two lines meet or intersect.
- usage: "the corners of a rectangle"
- An interior angle formed by two meeting walls.
- usage: "a piano was in one corner of the room"
- synonyms: nook
- The intersection of two streets.
- usage: "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
- synonyms: street corner, turning point
- The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect.
- usage: "the corners of a cube"
- A small concavity.
- A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade.
- usage: "a corner on the silver market"
- A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible.
- usage: "his lying got him into a tight corner"
- synonyms: box
- A projecting part where two sides or edges meet.
- usage: "he knocked off the corners"
- A remote area.
- usage: "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
- Architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone.
- synonyms: quoin
verb
- Gain control over.
- usage: "corner the gold market"
- Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape.
- synonyms: tree
- Turn a corner.
- usage: "the car corners"
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