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1. The point where two lines meet or intersect
   "the corners of a rectangle"
    
2. An interior angle formed by two meeting walls
   "a piano was in one corner of the room";
   - nook
    
3. The intersection of two streets
   "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by";
   - street corner, turning point
    
4. A place off to the side of an area
   "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
    
5. The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
   "the corners of a cube"
    
6. A small concavity
   - recess, recession, niche
    
7. A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
   "a corner on the silver market"
    
8. A predicament from which a skilful or graceful escape is impossible
   "his lying got him into a tight corner";
   - box
    
9. A projecting part where two sides or edges meet
   "he knocked off the corners"
    
10. A remote area
    "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
     
11. (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
    - quoin
     
12. A free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line
    - corner kick

1. Gain control over
   "corner the gold market"
    
2. Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
   - tree [N. Amer]
    
3. Turn a corner or drive around a curve
   "the car corners"

Derived forms: cornered, cornering, corners

Type of: area, carrefour, channelise [Brit], channelize, command, concave shape, concavity, construction, control, country, crossing, crossroad, crossway [N. Amer], direct, free kick, guide, head, incurvation, incurvature, intersection, maneuver [US], manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], monopoly, part, piece, plight, point, predicament, quandary, steer, structure, turn

Part of: building, edifice

Encyclopedia: Corner, James