the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle: a chair in the corner of the room.
a projecting angle, especially of a rectangular figure or object: He bumped into the corner of the table.
the point where two streets meet: the corner of Market and Main Streets.
an end; margin; edge.
any narrow, secluded, or secret place.
an awkward or embarrassing position, especially one from which escape is impossible.
Finance. a monopolizing or a monopoly of the available supply of a stock or commodity to a point permitting control of price (applied only when monopoly price is exacted).
region; part; quarter: from every corner of the empire.
Surveying.
the point of intersection of the section lines of a land survey, often marked by a monument or some object, as a pipe that is set or driven into the ground.Compare section(def 5).
a stake, tree, or rock marking the intersection of property lines.
a piece to protect the corner of anything.
Baseball.
any point on the line forming the left or right boundary of home plate: a pitch on the corner.
the area formed by the intersection of the foul line and the outfield fence.
Boxing.
the immediate area formed by any of the four angles in the ring.
one of the two assigned corners where a boxer rests between rounds and behind which the handlers sit during a fight.
the place, position, or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces
a projecting angle of a solid object or figure
the place where two streets meet
any small, secluded, secret, or private place
a dangerous or awkward position, esp from which escape is difficulta tight corner
any part, region or place, esp a remote place
something used to protect or mark a corner, as of the hard cover of a book
commercea monopoly over the supply of a commodity so that its market price can be controlled
soccerhockeya free kick or shot from the corner of the field, taken against a defending team when the ball goes out of play over their goal line after last touching one of their players
either of two opposite angles of a boxing ring in which the opponents take their rests
mountaineeringa junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120°US name: dihedral
cut cornersto do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
round the cornerorjust round the cornerclose at hand
turn the cornerto pass the critical point (in an illness, etc)
(modifier)located on a cornera corner shop
(modifier)suitable or designed for a cornera corner table
logiceither of a pair of symbols used in the same way as ordinary quotation marks to indicate quasi quotationSee quasi-quotation
verb
(tr)to manoeuvre (a person or animal) into a position from which escape is difficult or impossiblefinally they cornered the fox
(tr)to furnish or provide with corners
(tr)to place in or move into a corner
(tr)
to acquire enough of (a commodity) to attain control of the market
Also: engrossto attain control of (a market) in such a mannerCompare forestall (def. 3)
(intr)(of vehicles, etc) to turn a corner
(intr)USto be situated on a corner
(intr)(in soccer, etc) to take a corner
Word Origin for corner
C13: from Old French corniere, from Latin cornū point, extremity, horn
Corner
noun
the Cornerinformalan area in central Australia, at the junction of the borders of Queensland and South Australia
late 13c., from Anglo-French cornere (Old French corniere), from Old French corne "horn, corner," from Vulgar Latin *corna, from Latin cornua, plural of cornu "projecting point, end, horn" (see horn (n.)). Replaced Old English hyrne. As an adjective, from 1530s.
v.
late 14c., "to furnish with corners," from corner (n.). Meaning "to turn a corner," as in a race, is 1860s; meaning "drive (someone) into a corner" is American English from 1824. Commercial sense is from 1836. Related: Cornered; cornering.
