Noun: corner kor-nu(r)
- The point where two lines meet or intersect
"the corners of a rectangle"
- An interior angle formed by two meeting walls
"a piano was in one corner of the room";
- nook
- The intersection of two streets
"standing on the corner watching all the girls go by";
- street corner
- A place off to the side of an area
"he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
- A projecting part where two sides or edges meet
"he knocked off the corners"
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
"The corner of the old stone building was intricately carved";
- quoin
- The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
"the corners of a cube"
- A remote area
"in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
- A small concavity
"The cat curled up in a corner of the room";
- recess, recession, niche
- A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
"a corner on the silver market"
- A predicament from which a skilful or graceful escape is impossible
"his lying got him into a tight corner";
- box
- A free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind their own goal line
"The team won a corner kick in the final minutes of the match";
- corner kick
- Force a person or an animal into a position from which they cannot escape
"The police cornered the suspect in the alley";
- tree [N. Amer]
- Gain control over
"corner the gold market"
- Turn a corner or drive around a curve
"the car corners"
Derived forms: corners, cornered, cornering
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], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], monopoly, part, piece, plight, point, predicament, quandary, steer, structure, turn
Encyclopedia: Corner, John