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| Sounds | kao'rner |
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| Rhymes | Afrikaner, afterburner, airliner, and 170 more rhymes in ner at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A place off to the side of an area. |
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| Examples | "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye" |
| Broader | area, country |
| Meaning | The point where two lines meet or intersect. |
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| Examples | "the corners of a rectangle" |
| Narrower | canthus |
| Broader | point |
| Meaning | An interior angle formed be two meeting walls. |
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| Examples | "a piano was in one corner of the room" |
| Synonyms | nook |
| Part of | building, edifice |
| Narrower | amen corner; chimney corner, inglenook |
| Broader | area |
| Verbs | corner |
| Meaning | The intersection of two streets. |
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| Examples | "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by" |
| Synonyms | street corner, turning point |
| Narrower | blind corner |
| Broader | intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour |
| Verbs | corner |
| Meaning | The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect. |
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| Examples | "the corners of a cube" |
| Broader | point |
| Verbs | corner |
| Meaning | A small concavity. |
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| Synonyms | recess, recession, niche |
| Narrower | pharyngeal recess |
| Broader | concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature |
| Verbs | corner |
| Meaning | A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade. |
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| Examples | "a corner on the silver market" |
| Broader | monopoly |
| Verbs | corner |
| Meaning | A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible. |
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| Examples | "his lying got him into a tight corner" |
| Synonyms | box |
| Broader | predicament, quandary, plight |
| Verbs | corner |
| Meaning | A projecting part that is corner-shaped. |
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| Examples | "he knocked off the corners" |
| Broader | part, piece |
| Meaning | A remote area. |
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| Examples | "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery" |
| Broader | area, country |
| Meaning | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building. Especially one formed by a cornerstone. |
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| Synonyms | quoin |
| Category | architecture |
| Part of | building, edifice |
| Broader | structure, construction |
| Meaning | Gain control over. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "corner the gold market" |
| Broader | control, command |
| Nouns | corner |
| Meaning | Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise |
| Nouns | corner; corner; corner; corner |
| Meaning | Turn a corner. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "the car corners" |
| Broader | turn |
| Nouns | corner |