What is corner?

  • (noun): A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade.
    Example: "A corner on the silver market"
    See also — Additional definitions below

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Bramall Lane - The Ground Today - The Stands
... stadium since 1994 and is now made up of four main stands and two corner infill stands in the North-East and South-West corners ... The North-West corner (as well as a lot of the land under the John Street Stand) contains the Blades Enterprise Centre, and the South-East corner is still open, although there are plans to ...
Virts Corner, Virginia
... Virts Corner is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia ... Virts Corner is located on U.S ... Bluemont Britain Conklin Dover Dulles Elvan Eubanks Gleedsville Georges Mill Gilberts Corner Howardsville Leithtown Lenah Lincoln Loudoun Heights Lucketts Mechanicsville Milltown Morrisonville Mount Gilead ...
Encoignure
... Encoignure is a type of furniture located in a corner of a room ... a small armoire, commode, cabinet or cupboard made to fit a corner ... A chair placed in a corner is referred to as a chaise encoignure ...
Gallows Corner
... Gallows Corner is an area and major road junction in the London Borough of Havering near Romford ... During the 18th century, Gallows Corner was a lonely country crossroads and a favourite spot for waylaying coaches ... The place of execution was then the gallows at Gallows Corner ...
Hinckley Township, Medina County, Ohio - Geography
... Located in the northeast corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities North Royalton - north Broadview Heights - northeast Richfield Township, Summit ...

More definitions of "corner":

  • (noun): The point where two lines meet or intersect.
    Example: "The corners of a rectangle"
  • (noun): A place off to the side of an area.
    Example: "He tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye"
  • (noun): The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect.
    Example: "The corners of a cube"
  • (noun): The intersection of two streets.
    Example: "Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
    Synonyms: street corner, turning point
  • (noun): A projecting part that is corner-shaped.
    Example: "He knocked off the corners"
  • (noun): A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible.
    Example: "His lying got him into a tight corner"
    Synonyms: box
  • (verb): Turn a corner.
    Example: "The car corners"
  • (noun): A remote area.
    Example: "In many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
  • (noun): An interior angle formed be two meeting walls.
    Example: "A piano was in one corner of the room"
    Synonyms: nook
  • (verb): Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape.
  • (verb): Gain control over.
    Example: "Corner the gold market"
  • (noun): (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone.
    Synonyms: quoin

Famous quotes containing the word corner:

    “Man torturing man is a fiend beyond description. You turn a corner in the dark and there he is. You congeal into a bundle of inanimate fear. You become the very soul of anaesthesia. But there is no escaping him. It is your turn now.”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)

    “We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was when he entered it.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    “I have never been able to accept the two great laws of humanity—that you’re always being suppressed if you’re inspired and always being pushed into the corner if you’re exceptional. I won’t be cornered and I won’t stay suppressed.”
    —Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)