corner
Meaning of corner
noun
- a place or angle where two sides or edges meet.
Jan sat at one corner of the table
- a location or area, especially one regarded as secluded or remote.
fountains are discovered in quiet corners and sleepy squares
dance professionals from all corners of the globe attended the five-day festival
parents are often tempted to resort to snooping and prying into every corner to make sure their children are safe.
- a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity.
London doesn't have a corner on film festivals
- a difficult or awkward situation.
I didn't wait for the prosecutor to try to get me in a corner
- a place kick taken by the attacking side from a corner of the field after the ball has been sent over the byline by a defender.
he put a corner kick deep into the heart of the Southampton penalty area
- each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds.
when the bell sounded he turned to go back to his corner
- a triangular cut from the hind end of a side of bacon.
- force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape.
the man was eventually cornered by police dogs
- control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity.
whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen
- (of a vehicle) go round a bend in a road.
no squeal is evident from the tyres when cornering fast
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.
noun- another term for corner (sense 5 of the noun).
Kavanagh lofted a corner kick
Information about corner
- The plural form of corner is: corners.
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CatalanHyphenation of corner
cor-ner
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- corner is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
corner synonyms
Meaning nook:
Meaning recess:
Meaning box:
Meaning quoin:
Meaning tree:
Meaning an area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity:
Meaning an area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries:
Meaning a region or part of a town, a country, or the world:
Meaning any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up:
Meaning each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided:
Meaning an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something:
Meaning a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation:
Meaning a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation:
Meaning the state or condition of being difficult:
Meaning a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome:
Meaning a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge:
Meaning a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation:
Meaning a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable:
Meaning an untidy and disorganized state or collection:
Meaning a dirty or untidy state of things or of a place:
Meaning an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation:
Meaning a stretch of swampy or boggy ground:
Meaning a relish consisting of vegetables or fruit preserved in vinegar or brine:
Meaning an instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck:
Meaning a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan:
Meaning a difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament:
Meaning an awkward situation:
Meaning an act or sound of scraping:
Meaning a problematical situation:
Meaning catch (an animal) in a trap:
Meaning surround or close off on all sides:
Meaning be all round (someone or something):
Meaning take into one's possession or control by force:
Meaning intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped):
Meaning stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way:
Meaning make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position:
Meaning ambush (someone):
Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:
Meaning have power and influence over:
Meaning (of an organization or group) obtain exclusive possession or control of (a trade, commodity, or service):
Meaning take or use most or all of (something) in an unfair or selfish way:
Meaning absorb all the attention or interest of:
Translation of corner
- French: coin, arête, acculer, coincer
- German: Ecke, Kante, Winkel
- Spanish: esquina, rincón, trampa, acorralamiento, ángulo, acorralar, arrinconar
- Italian: angolo, trappola, spigolo
- Portuguese: quina, encurralamento, esquina, canto, aresta
Anagrams of corner
Words that rhyme with corner
Farner, Garner, Larner, Warner, breadearner, darner, earner, forewarner, garner, kvarner, learner, warner, yarner, yearner, Berner, Easterner, Koerner, Lerner, Mideasterner, Midwesterner, Northeasterner, Northerner, Northwesterner, Southeasterner, Southerner, Southwesterner, Sterner, Taverner, Telferner, Verner, Werner, Westerner, derner, discerner, easterner, kerner, midwesterner, moderner, northeasterner, northerner, northwesterner, patterner, southeasterner, southerner, southwesterner, sterner, taverner, terner, westerner, Kirner
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