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▸ noun: The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
▸ noun: The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
▸ noun: An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
▸ noun: (Maine) The neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads.
▸ noun: (attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
▸ noun: An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
▸ noun: A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
▸ noun: An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
▸ noun: (business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
▸ noun: (figuratively) Complete control or ownership of something.
▸ noun: (heading) Relating to the playing field.
▸ noun: (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
▸ noun: (baseball) First base or third base.
▸ noun: (soccer) A corner kick.
▸ noun: (American football) A cornerback.
▸ noun: (boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
▸ noun: (boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
▸ noun: A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.
▸ verb: (transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
▸ verb: (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
▸ verb: (transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
▸ verb: (finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
▸ verb: (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
▸ verb: (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
▸ verb: (transitive) To supply with corners.
▸ noun: One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, at the "corner" of three counties.
▸ noun: A township in Custer County, Nebraska, United States; it is in the north-east corner of the county.
▸ noun: (by extension, archaic, colloquial) The Tattersalls horse repository and betting rooms, originally located at Hyde Park Corner.
▸ noun: Short for Hyde Park Corner. [A major road junction at the south-east corner of Hyde Park, London, England; Hyde Park Corner tube station is underneath the junction. (OS grid ref TQ2879).]
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