[ noun ]
■ the intersection of two streets
e.g.)
・standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
→
street corner
,
turning point
[ noun ]
■ (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building
■ especially one formed by a cornerstone
→
quoin
[ noun ]
■ an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
e.g.)
・a piano was in one corner of the room
→
nook
[ noun ]
■ the point where two lines meet or intersect
e.g.)
・the corners of a rectangle
[ noun ]
■ a place off to the side of an area
e.g.)
・he tripled to the rightfield corner
・the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
[ noun ]
■ a remote area
e.g.)
・in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
[ noun ]
■ the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
e.g.)
・the corners of a cube
[ noun ]
■ a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
e.g.)
・he knocked off the corners
[ noun ]
■ a small concavity
→
niche
,
recess
,
recession
[ noun ]
■ a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
e.g.)
・his lying got him into a tight corner
→
box
[ noun ]
■ a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
e.g.)
・a corner on the silver market
[ verb ]
■ turn a corner
e.g.)
・the car corners
[ verb ]
■ force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
→
tree
[ verb ]
■ gain control over
e.g.)
・corner the gold market
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