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noun
1.
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, especially of a rectangular figure or object: He bumped into the corner of the table.
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the point where two streets meet: the corner of Market and Main Streets.
5.
EXPANDan end; margin; edge.
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any narrow, secluded, or secret place.
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an awkward or embarrassing position, especially one from which escape is impossible.
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region; part; quarter: from every corner of the empire.
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a piece to protect the corner of anything.
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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.
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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.
14.
COLLAPSESoccer. corner kick.
adjective
15.
situated on or at a corner where two streets meet: a corner drugstore.
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made to fit or be used in a corner: a corner cabinet.
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Corners
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used with object)
17.
to furnish with corners.
18.
to place in or drive into a corner.
19.
to force into an awkward or difficult position or one from which escape is impossible: He finally cornered the thief.
20.
to gain control of (a stock, commodity, etc.).
verb (used without object)
Idioms21.
to meet in or be situated on or at a corner.
22.
to form a corner in a stock or commodity.
23.
(of an automobile) to turn, especially at a speed relatively high for the angle of the turn involved.
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cut corners,
a.
to use a shorter route.
b.
to reduce costs or care in execution: cutting corners to meet the foreign competition.
25.
rough corners, rude, boorish, or unsophisticated characteristics, manners, or the like: Despite his rough corners, he was very likable.
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the four corners of the earth, the most distant or remote regions: They traveled to the four corners of the earth.
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turn the corner, to pass through a crisis safely: When the fever passed, we knew he had turned the corner.
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Word Origin & History
corner
late 13c., from O.Fr. corniere, from corne "horn, corner," from V.L. *corna, from L. cornua, pl. of cornu "projecting point, end, horn" (see horn). Replaced O.E. hyrne. To corner (v.) "turn a corner," as in a race, is 1860s; meaning "drive (someone) into a corner" is Amer.Eng.
EXPAND1824. Commercial sense is from 1836.
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