corner
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Noun (11)corners
- a place off to the side of an area“he tripled to the rightfield corner”“the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean”Type of area, country
- the point where two lines meet or intersect“the corners of a rectangle”Type of pointKinds canthus
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls“a piano was in one corner of the room”Synonyms: nookType of areaKinds amen corner, chimney cornerPart of building, edifice
- the intersection of two streets“standing on the corner watching all the girls go by”Synonyms: street cornerturning pointType of intersection, crossroadKinds blind corner
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect“the corners of a cube”Type of point
- a small concavitySynonyms: recessrecessionnicheType of concave shape, concavityKinds pharyngeal recess
- 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“his lying got him into a tight corner”Synonyms: box
- 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 cornerstoneSynonyms: quoin
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Translations
Noun angle where two walls or lines meet
- Spanish
- esquina
- French
- coin
- German
- Ecke
- Italian
- angolo
- Portuguese
- canto
- Turkish
- köşe
- Russian
- у́гол úgol
- Arabic
- زَاوِيَة zāwiya
- Chinese
- 角落 jiǎoluò
- Japanese
- 角 kado
36 more languages
- Dutch
- hoek
- Polish
- róg
- Swedish
- hörn
- Greek
- γωνία gonía
- Korean
- 구석 guseok
- Indonesian
- pojok
- Vietnamese
- góc
- Hungarian
- sarok
- Portuguese (PT)
- canto
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 角落 jiǎoluò
- Albanian
- cep
- Breton
- korn
- Catalan
- racó
- Corsican
- cantu
- Czech
- roh
- Danish
- hjørne
- Esperanto
- angulo
- Estonian
- nurk
- Finnish
- kulma
- Georgian
- კუთხე ḳutxe
- Hebrew
- פִּנָּה piná
- Icelandic
- horn
- Kurdish
- quncik
- Latvian
- stūris
- Lithuanian
- kampas
- Malagasy
- zoro
- Norwegian
- hjørne
- Romanian
- colț
- Scottish Gaelic
- oisean
- Serbo-Croatian
- ugao
- Slovak
- roh
- Slovenian
- vogal
- Swahili
- kona
- Walloon
- cwane
- Welsh
- cornel
- Yiddish
- ווינקל vinkl
Noun intersection of two streets
- Spanish
- esquina
- French
- coin
- German
- Ecke
- Italian
- angolo
- Portuguese
- esquina
- Turkish
- köşe
- Russian
- у́гол úgol
- Arabic
- زاوية zāwiya
- Chinese
- 街角 jiējiǎo
- Japanese
- 街角 machikado
26 more languages
- Dutch
- hoek
- Polish
- róg
- Swedish
- hörn
- Greek
- γωνία gonía
- Korean
- 코너 koneo
- Vietnamese
- góc
- Hungarian
- sarok
- Portuguese (PT)
- esquina
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 角 jiǎo
- Albanian
- kënd
- Catalan
- cantonada
- Czech
- roh
- Danish
- hjørne
- Esperanto
- stratangulo
- Estonian
- nurk
- Finnish
- kulma
- Georgian
- კუთხე ḳutxe
- Hebrew
- פינה piná
- Icelandic
- horn
- Lithuanian
- kampas
- Norwegian
- hjørne
- Romanian
- colț
- Slovenian
- vogal
- Swahili
- kona
- Welsh
- cornel
- Yiddish
- ראָג rog
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OF. corniere, cornier, LL. cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See Horn.
1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
3. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.
From the four corners of the earth they come.— William Shakespeare
4. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
This thing was not done in a corner.— Acts xxvi. 26.
5. Direction; quarter.
Sits the wind in that corner!— William Shakespeare
6. The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. Broker's Cant
Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance or indispensable. “A prince who regarded uniformity of faith as the corner stone of his government.” William Hickling Prescott — Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.
A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line.
1. To drive into a corner.
2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
3. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement