corner


Meanings

  • a place off to the side of an area;
    • "he tripled to the rightfield corner"
    • "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
  • the point where two lines meet or intersect;
    • "the corners of a rectangle"
  • an interior angle formed by two meeting walls;
    • "a piano was in one corner of the room"
  • the intersection of two streets;
    • "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
  • the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;
    • "the corners of a cube"
  • a small concavity
  • a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade;
    • "a corner on the silver market"
  • a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible;
    • "his lying got him into a tight corner"
  • a projecting part where two sides or edges meet;
    • "he knocked off the corners"
  • a remote area;
    • "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
  • (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
  • gain control over;
    • "corner the gold market"
  • force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
  • turn a corner;
    • "the car corners"
  • CORNER v -ED, -ING, -S to gain control of


Scrabble Score: 8

corner is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

corner is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

corner is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 10

corner is a valid Words With Friends word