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Corner   /kˈɔrnər/   Listen
Corner

noun
1.
A place off to the side of an area.  "The southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
2.
The point where two lines meet or intersect.
3.
An interior angle formed by two meeting walls.  Synonym: nook.
4.
The intersection of two streets.  Synonyms: street corner, turning point.
5.
The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect.
6.
A small concavity.  Synonyms: niche, recess, recession.
7.
A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade.
8.
A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible.  Synonym: box.
9.
A projecting part where two sides or edges meet.
10.
A remote area.
11.
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone.  Synonym: quoin.
verb
(past & past part. cornered; pres. part. cornering)
1.
Gain control over.
2.
Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape.  Synonym: tree.
3.
Turn a corner.



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"Corner" Quotes from Famous Books



... Chamber on the corner of the square opposite. A few curious people still lingered about the gilded iron railing, but inside the grounds the paths were deserted. I watched the fountains ripple and sparkle; the sparrows had already found this new bathing nook, and the basins were ...
— The King In Yellow • Robert W. Chambers
... make their cake by cooking up other people's troubles. Sit down. Let's talk it out." He settled himself in a corner of the ragged old horsehair sofa which faced the empty fireplace and motioned Maurice to a chair. "I thought it wasn't all headache; ...
— The Vehement Flame • Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
... for the first time I visited the granite obelisk known all over the civilized world as Bunker Hill monument. Sixty years ago, if my memory serves me correctly. General La Fayette, since deceased, laid the corner-stone, and Daniel Webster made a few desultory remarks which I cannot now recall. Eighteen years later it was formally dedicated, and Daniel spoke a good piece, composed mostly of things that he had thought up himself. ...
— Remarks • Bill Nye
... not very well pleased with this exhibition, for he thought it decidedly out of place that an ape should know more than he or any other human being; and he confided to Sancho that the ape was possessed by the devil. He brought Sancho to a dark corner in the stable where he was sure no one could overhear them, and told him there that he was convinced Master Pedro had made a bargain with the devil to get rich through the ape, and then sell him his soul, and he said it surprised him beyond words that the Holy Office had not ...
— The Story of Don Quixote • Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
... Collin turned into the freight-office and threw himself down on a box in an unnoticed corner. And ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 • Various


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