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Corner meaning in English
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Corner
see synonyms of cornerNoun
1. corner
a place off to the side of an area
Example Sentences:'he tripled to the rightfield corner''the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean'
2. corner
the point where two lines meet or intersect
Example Sentences:'the corners of a rectangle'
3. corner, nook
an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
Example Sentences:'a piano was in one corner of the room'
4. corner, street corner, turning point
the intersection of two streets
Example Sentences:'standing on the corner watching all the girls go by'
5. corner
the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
Example Sentences:'the corners of a cube'
7. corner
a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
Example Sentences:'a corner on the silver market'
8. box, corner
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
Example Sentences:'his lying got him into a tight corner'
9. corner
a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
Example Sentences:'he knocked off the corners'
10. corner
a remote area
Example Sentences:'in many corners of the world they still practice slavery'
11. corner, quoin
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
Verb
12. corner
gain control over
Example Sentences:'corner the gold market'
14. corner
turn a corner
Example Sentences:'the car corners'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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see synonyms of cornerThe American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.