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ENGLISH: corner - CREOLE: bare

Overview of noun corner

The noun corner has 11 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)

1. (20) corner -- (a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye")

2. (15) corner -- (the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle")

3. (11) corner, nook -- (an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room")

4. (9) corner, street corner, turning point -- (the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by")

5. (5) corner -- (the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube")

6. (3) recess, recession, niche, corner -- (a small concavity)

7. (1) corner -- (a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market")

8. (1) corner, box -- (a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner")

9. (1) corner -- (a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked off the corners")

10. corner -- (a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery")

11. corner, quoin -- ((architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone)

Overview of verb corner

The verb corner has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) corner -- (gain control over; "corner the gold market")

2. corner, tree -- (force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape)

3. corner -- (turn a corner; "the car corners")