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English noun: corner | |||
| 1. | corner (location) a place off to the side of an area | ||
| Samples | He tripled to the rightfield corner. The southeastern corner of the Mediterranean. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | area, country | ||
| 2. | corner (location) the point where two lines meet or intersect | ||
| Samples | The corners of a rectangle. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | point | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | canthus | ||
| 3. | corner (artifact) an interior angle formed by two meeting walls | ||
| Samples | A piano was in one corner of the room. | ||
| Synonyms | nook | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | area | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amen corner, chimney corner, inglenook | ||
| Part meronym | building, edifice | ||
| 4. | corner (artifact) the intersection of two streets | ||
| Samples | Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by. | ||
| Synonyms | street corner, turning point | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blind corner | ||
| 5. | corner (location) the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect | ||
| Samples | The corners of a cube. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | point | ||
| 6. | corner (shape) a small concavity | ||
| Synonyms | niche, recess, recession | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pharyngeal recess | ||
| 7. | corner (state) a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade | ||
| Samples | A corner on the silver market. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | monopoly | ||
| 8. | corner (state) a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible | ||
| Samples | His lying got him into a tight corner. | ||
| Synonyms | box | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plight, predicament, quandary | ||
| 9. | corner (object) a projecting part where two sides or edges meet | ||
| Samples | He knocked off the corners. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | part, piece | ||
| 10. | corner (location) a remote area | ||
| Samples | In many corners of the world they still practice slavery. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | area, country | ||
| 11. | corner (artifact) (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone | ||
| Synonyms | quoin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | construction, structure | ||
| Part meronym | building, edifice | ||
| Domain category | architecture | ||
English verb: corner | |||
| 1. | corner (social) gain control over | ||
| Samples | Corner the gold market. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | command, control | ||
| 2. | corner (motion) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | ||
| Synonyms | tree | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer | ||
| 3. | corner (motion) turn a corner | ||
| Samples | The car corners. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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