corner

Noun

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

• a remote area
  • in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
    

• a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
  • he knocked off the corners
    

• a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
  • his lying got him into a tight corner
    

• a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
  • a corner on the silver market
    

• a small concavity

• the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
  • the corners of a cube
    

• the intersection of two streets
  • standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
    

• an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
  • a piano was in one corner of the room
    

• the point where two lines meet or intersect
  • the corners of a rectangle
    

• a place off to the side of an area
  • he tripled to the rightfield corner
    
  • the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
    

Verb

• turn a corner
  • the car corners
    

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

• gain control over
  • corner the gold market
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  quoin , box , recess , recession , niche , street corner , turning point , nook , tree