Corner

noun

'kɔrnər

Noun

an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
“a piano was in one corner of the room”
Similar:Nook
Type of:Area
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
“his lying got him into a tight corner”
Similar:Box
Type of:PredicamentQuandaryPlight
the intersection of two streets
“standing on the corner watching all the girls go by”
Type of:CrosswayCrossroadCarrefour
a place off to the side of an area
“he tripled to the rightfield corner”
“the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean”
Type of:CountryArea
a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
“he knocked off the corners”
Type of:PiecePart
a remote area
“in many corners of the world they still practice slavery”
Type of:CountryArea
a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
“a corner on the silver market”
Type of:Monopoly
the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
“the corners of a cube”
Type of:Point
the point where two lines meet or intersect
“the corners of a rectangle”
Type of:Point
a small concavity
Similar:Niche Recess Recession
Type of:IncurvationConcavityIncurvature
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
Similar:Quoin
Type of:ConstructionStructure

gain control over
“corner the gold market”
Type of:ControlCommand
turn a corner
“the car corners”
Type of:Turn
force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
Similar:Tree
Type of:ChanneliseChannelizeDirect