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corner Definition

cor·ner (kôr′nər)

noun

  1. the point or place where lines or surfaces join and form an angle
  2. the area or space within the angle formed at the joining of lines or surfaces the corner of a room
  3. the area at the tip of any of the angles formed at a street intersection
  4. something used to form, mark, protect, or decorate a corner
  5. a remote, secret, or secluded place look in every nook and corner
  6. region; quarter; part every corner of America
  7. an awkward position from which escape is difficult driven into a corner
  8. ☆ a monopoly acquired on a stock or a commodity so as to be able to raise the price

Etymology: ME < OFr corniere < ML cornerium < L cornu, projecting point, horn

transitive verb

  1. ☆ to drive or force into a corner or awkward position, so that escape is difficult
  2. ☆ to get a monopoly on (a stock or commodity)

intransitive verb

  1. to meet at or abut (on) a corner: said of land, buildings, etc.
  2. to turn corners: said of a vehicle this car corners easily

adjective

  1. at or on a corner a corner store
  2. used in a corner a corner table
corner Idioms

around the corner

in the immediate vicinity or future

cut corners

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  1. to take a direct route by going across corners
  2. to cut down expenses, time, labor, etc.

the (four) corners of the earth

the farthest parts of the earth

turn the corner

to get safely past the critical point
corner Synonyms

corner

n.

  1. A projecting edge

    ridge, sharp edge, projection, angle; see edge 1, rim.

  2. A recess

    niche, nook, indentation; see hole 2, recess 2.

  3. A sharp turn

    bend, veer, shift; see curve 1, turn 2.

  4. The angle made where ways intersect

    fork, branch, V, Y, intersection, junction, four corners, cloverleaf; see also crossing 1, junction 2.

  5. *Difficulty

    predicament, impasse, tight spot, hole*; see difficulty 1, 2, predicament.

  6. A monopoly

    control, edge, monopolization; see monopoly. See syn. study at monopoly.

around the corner

imminent, near, close, impending; see approaching, coming 1, convenient 2, imminent, near 1.

cut corners

cut back, cut down, take a shortcut; see decrease 2, economize, neglect 2.

the (four) corners of the earth

all over the world, worldwide, the most distant regions; see everywhere.

turn the corner

survive, bear up, pull through*; see endure 2, recover 3.

corner Synonyms

corner

v.

trap, bring to bay, drive into a corner, tree*; see ambush, approach 1, catch 1, 2, hinder.

corner Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • globe: The four winds, the four corners of the globe.
  • net: Matthew Birley returned the ball into the box and Marcus Painter rose to head into the far corner of the net.
  • rectangle: The specified coordinates correspond to the top-left corner of this rectangle.

Converse of object

  • round: Round the corner was the Village Shop having a summer sale of Archers goodies.
  • turn: Week 4 This week we have turned a corner in press coverage!
  • concede: Vale were happy to scramble away or concede another corner as they were under the cosh.
  • cut: Whilst others may cut corners on small detail we insist on quality items throughout the range.

Adjective modifier

  • right-hand: To login, look in the upper right-hand corner of your screen for the Login link.
  • bottom: Click on next at the bottom right hand corner of the list to see the next 10 results.
  • left-hand: A devastating corner by Kavanagh found Thorne leaping above his markers to nod the ball into Delaney's bottom left-hand corner from six yards.
  • left: Place the image against the top left corner of the scanner.
  • southeast: Ancillary features: churchyard served by small modern double wooden gates in southeast corner, beside which is vertical stone stile.
  • southwest: At the southwest corner of the shaft an arch leads from the base of the shaft into a high rift.

Modifies a noun

  • kick: A deflected shot by a defender resulted in a corner kick.
  • flag: Standing at the corner flag waiting for the ball, Hakan Unsal -- already on a yellow card -- violently kicks it toward him.
  • bath: Plus cot or small bed if required The bathroom has a corner bath with shower over, toilet and basin.

Noun used with modifier

  • top-left: The specified coordinates correspond to the top-left corner of this rectangle.
  • street: There never was, in reality, a bobby on every street corner in Britain.
  • hand: Click on next at the bottom right hand corner of the list to see the next 10 results.
  • bottom-left: The specified X,Y position defines the bottom-left corner of the second region.
corner Quotes

Father declared he was going to buya new plot in the cemetery, a plot all for himself.'And I'll buy one on a corner,' he added triumphantly,'where I can get out.'

—Day, Clarence Shepard

I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

Martha and Jasmine smiled at each other†the future they dreamed of seemed just around the corner; they could almost touch it. Each saw an ideal town, clean, noble and beautiful, soaring up over the actual town they saw, which consisted in this area of sordid little shops and third-rate cafe¤  s.

—Lessing, Doris May ne¤  e Tayler

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the L's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. This is the day which the Lhath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

—Bible (Old Testament)

And it is that word 'hummy', my darlings, that marks the first place in'The House at Pooh Corner'at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up.

—Parker, Dorothy ne¤  e Rothschild

Here is one of the points about this planet which should be remembered; into every penetrable corner of it, and into most of the impenetrable corners, the English will penetrate.

—Macaulay, Dame (Emilie) Rose

Joy shivers in the corner where she knits And Conscience always has the rocking-chair, Cheerful as when she tortured into fits The first cat that was ever killed by Care.

—Robinson, Edwin Arlington

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

—Huxley, Aldous Leonard

When I have pointed out one corner of a square to anyoneand he doesnotcome back withthe other three, I will not point it out to him a second time.

—Confucius or K'ung Fu-tse,'The MasterK'ung'

  If I should die, thinkonly this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich dust a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.

—Brooke, Rupert Chawner

When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself as the voice of reason, it is playing God, and should be spanked and stood in the corner.

—Le Guin, Ursula ne¤  e Kroeber

An'now, auld Cloots, I ken ye're thinkan, A certain Bardie's rantin, drinkin, Some luckless hour will send him linkan, To your black pit; But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkan, An'cheat you yet.

—Burns, Robert

Ye wake in a corner and stay there hoping yer body will disappear, the thoughts smothering ye; these thoughts; but ye want to remember and face up to things, just something keeps ye from doing it, why can ye no do it; the words filling yer head: then the other words; there's something far far wrong; ye're no a good man, ye're just no a good man.

—Kelman,James

Mary lived by wondering what lay round the corner. I lived by knowing there was no corner.

—Kavanagh, P(atrick) J(oseph Gregory)

Browse dictionary entries near corner

  1. ‹ corneous
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  3. ‹ Cornelius
  4. ‹ cornelian
  5. ‹ Cornelia
  6. ‹ cornel
  7. ‹ Corneille
  8. ‹ corned
  9. ‹ corneal
  10. ‹ cornea
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