CORNER

corner, street corner, turning point

(noun) the intersection of two streets; “standing on the corner watching all the girls go by”

corner, quoin

(noun) (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

corner, nook

(noun) an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; “a piano was in one corner of the room”

corner

(noun) the point where two lines meet or intersect; “the corners of a rectangle”

corner

(noun) a place off to the side of an area; “he tripled to the rightfield corner”; “the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean”

corner

(noun) a remote area; “in many corners of the world they still practice slavery”

corner

(noun) the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; “the corners of a cube”

corner

(noun) a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; “he knocked off the corners”

recess, recession, niche, corner

(noun) a small concavity

corner, box

(noun) a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; “his lying got him into a tight corner”

corner

(noun) a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; “a corner on the silver market”

corner

(verb) turn a corner; “the car corners”

corner, tree

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

corner

(verb) gain control over; “corner the gold market”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

corner (plural corners)

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.

The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.

An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.

(attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.

An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.

A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.

(business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.

(heading) Relating to the playing field.

(baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.

(baseball) First base or third base.

(football) A corner kick.

(American football) A cornerback.

(boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.

(boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.

A place where people meet for a particular purpose.

(obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.

Synonyms

• angle

• bend

• cranny

• hern

• hideaway

• hirn

• nook

• recess

Verb

corner (third-person singular simple present corners, present participle cornering, simple past and past participle cornered)

(transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.

(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

(transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.

(finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.

(automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.

(automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.

(transitive) To supply with corners.

Proper noun

Corner (plural Corners)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Corner is the 13477^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2256 individuals. Corner is most common among White (73.23%) and Black/African American (20.79%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cor"ner (kr"nr), n. Etym: [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. Shak.

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! Shak.

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." 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.

Cor"ner, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cornered (-nrd);p. pr. & vb. n. Cornering.]

1. To drive into a corner.

2. To drive into a position of great difficaulty 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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