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