Meaning of corner | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. Ellipsis of Hyde Park Corner.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
4. (exterior) corner
5. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal
6. One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
7. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
8. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, at the "corner" of three counties.
   countable, uncountable
9. The Tattersalls horse repository and betting rooms, originally located at Hyde Park Corner.
   archaic, broadly, colloquial
10. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point
11. The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
12. A township in Custer County, Nebraska, United States; it is in the north-east corner of the county.
    countable, uncountable
13. third-person singular present indicative
14. The projection into space of an angle in a solid object
15. An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
16. second-person singular imperative
17. An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection
18. The neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads.
    Maine
19. The neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads
20. Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
    attributive
21. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
22. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
23. An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
24. A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
25. Complete control or ownership of something.
    figuratively
26. Relating to the playing field.
27. One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
28. First base or third base.
29. A corner kick.
30. A cornerback.
31. The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
32. The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
    broadly
33. A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
34. A point scored in a rubber at whist.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.”

“The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.”

“They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.”

“The Altay Mountains to the north prevent rain clouds from reaching the Gurbantünggüt Desert, which fills the center of the Junggar Basin in China's northwest corner.”

“Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.”

“The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.”

“corner store, corner deli, corner newsagent”

“Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind.  I took a trip out to his corner of town.”

“Why, that’s the lady: all the world desires her; / From the four corners of the earth they come, / To kiss this shrine, this mortal-breathing saint:”

“Indian English is today one of the most widespread and abundantly used varieties of English, in extensive use not only throughout South Asia but in virtually every corner of the globe.”

“On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.”

“In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.”

“It's not my oppression, it's not your oppression but rather our oppression. No one of us has a corner on oppression.”

“The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.”

“There are runners on the corners with just one out.”

“Welcome to our English corner.”

“Big firms received rebates from railroads in which they owned stock, paid off city officials in order to obtain a low-cost water supply, and fought meat-inspection laws, and meat packers speculated in pork and beef corners.”

“Indeed, the whole aspect of the Corner, with its open space and green lawns, is so different from what it once was that it requires a glance at the sturdy brick wall of Buckingham Palace Gardens […] to assure the wanderer that, after all, nothing very revolutionary has occurred, and that things are much as they used to be twenty years ago.”

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