Corner - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkɔːrnər|  American pronunciation of the word corner
Brit.  |ˈkɔːnə|  British pronunciation of the word corner

noun

- a place off to the side of an area
he tripled to the rightfield corner
the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
the corners of a rectangle
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls (syn: nook)
a piano was in one corner of the room
- the intersection of two streets
standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
the corners of a cube
- a small concavity (syn: niche, recess, recession)
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
a corner on the silver market
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible (syn: box)
his lying got him into a tight corner
- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
he knocked off the corners
- a remote area
in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone (syn: quoin)

verb

- gain control over
corner the gold market
- force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape (syn: tree)
- turn a corner
the car corners

Extra examples

A post marks the corner of the property.

Write your name in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

He caught the ball in the corner of the end zone.

We sat at a table in a corner of the room.

The hotel is at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.

A group of teenagers were hanging around on the corner.

He went to the grocery store around the corner from the bank.

He said something out of the corner of his mouth to the person standing next to him.

We ate in a corner booth at the restaurant.

Police cornered the suspect in a backyard.

A cornered animal can be dangerous.

He cornered the actress and demanded her autograph.

The interviewer cornered the politician with some probing questions.

A rat will fight a man if cornered.

Its walls are whitewashed, and cornered with stone.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: corner
he/she/it: corners
present participle: cornering
past tense: cornered
past participle: cornered
noun
singular: corner
plural: corners
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