The position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle: the four corners of a rectangle.
The area enclosed or bounded by an angle formed in this manner: sat by myself in the corner; the corner of one's eye.
Sports Any of the four angles of a boxing or wrestling ring where the ropes are joined.
Baseball Either side of home plate, toward or away from the batter.
A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
Exclusive possession; monopoly: "Neither party . . . has a corner on all the good ideas"(George B. Merry).
The place where two roads or streets join or intersect.
Sports Any of the four angles of a boxing or wrestling ring where the ropes are joined.
Baseball Either side of home plate, toward or away from the batter.
A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
Exclusive possession; monopoly: "Neither party . . . has a corner on all the good ideas"(George B. Merry).
A threatening or embarrassing position from which escape is difficult: got myself into a corner by boasting.
A remote, secluded, or secret place: the four corners of the earth; a beautiful little corner of Paris.
A part or piece made to fit on a corner, as in mounting or for protection.
A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
Exclusive possession; monopoly: "Neither party . . . has a corner on all the good ideas"(George B. Merry).
v.
cor·nered, cor·ner·ing, cor·ners
v.
tr.
To furnish with corners.
To place or drive into a corner: cornered the thieves and captured them.
To form a corner in (a stock or commodity): cornered the silver market.
v.
intr.
To come together or be situated on or at a corner.
To turn, as at a corner: a truck that corners poorly.
adj.
Located at a street corner: a corner drugstore.
Designed for use in a corner: a corner table.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French corne, corner, horn, from Vulgar Latin *corna, from Latin cornua, pl. of cornū, horn, point; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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