the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
2.
the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle: a chair in the corner of the room.
3.
a projecting angle, esp. of a rectangular figure or object: He bumped into the corner of the table.
4.
the point where two streets meet: the corner of Market and Main Streets.
5.
an end; margin; edge.
6.
any narrow, secluded, or secret place.
7.
an awkward or embarrassing position, esp. one from which escape is impossible.
8.
Finance. a monopolizing or a monopoly of the available supply of a stock or commodity to a point permitting control of price (applied only when monopoly price is exacted).
9.
region; part; quarter: from every corner of the empire.
10.
Surveying.
a.
the point of intersection of the section lines of a land survey, often marked by a monument or some object, as a pipe that is set or driven into the ground. Compare section(def. 5).
b.
a stake, tree, or rock marking the intersection of property lines.
11.
a piece to protect the corner of anything.
12.
Baseball.
a.
any point on the line forming the left or right boundary of home plate: a pitch on the corner.
b.
the area formed by the intersection of the foul line and the outfield fence.
13.
Boxing.
a.
the immediate area formed by any of the four angles in the ring.
b.
one of the two assigned corners where a boxer rests between rounds and behind which the handlers sit during a fight.
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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