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corner

cor·ner

UK/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/ US/ˈkɔɹnɚ/ common
noun (11) verb (3)

noun

1.

a place off to the side of an area

  • “he tripled to the rightfield corner”
  • “he glanced out of the corner of his eye”
2.

the point where two lines meet or intersect

  • “the corners of a rectangle”
3.

an interior angle formed be two meeting walls

  • “a piano was in one corner of the room”
Synonyms
4.

the intersection of two streets

  • “standing on the corner watching all the girls go by”
Synonyms
5.

the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

  • “the corners of a cube”
6.
7.

a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

  • “a corner on the silver market”
8.

a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

  • “his lying got him into a tight corner”
Synonyms
9.

a projecting part that is corner-shaped

  • “he knocked off the corners”
10.

a remote area

  • “in many corners of the world they still practice slavery”
11.

verb

1.

gain control over

  • “corner the gold market”
2.

force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

3.

turn a corner

  • “the car corners”

Origin

From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). The sense of "angle, corner" in Old French is not found in Latin or other Romance languages. It was possibly calqued from Frankish *hurnijā (“corner, angle”), which is similar to, and derived from *hurn, the Frankish word for "horn". * Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook, corner”), itself related to horn. Also displaced native Old English sċēat.

Phrases

  • around the corner Terms derived from corner
  • at the corner Terms derived from corner
  • back oneself into a corner Terms derived from corner
  • boundary corner Terms derived from corner
  • box oneself into a corner Terms derived from corner
  • Bridgewater Corners Terms derived from corner
  • chimney corner Terms derived from corner
  • coffin corner Terms derived from corner
  • corner the market
  • corner up

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