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Sounds | kao'rner |
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Rhymes | Afrikaner, afterburner, airliner, and 170 more rhymes in ner at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A place off to the side of an area. |
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Examples | "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye" |
Broader | area, country |
Meaning | The point where two lines meet or intersect. |
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Examples | "the corners of a rectangle" |
Narrower | canthus |
Broader | point |
Meaning | An interior angle formed be two meeting walls. |
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Examples | "a piano was in one corner of the room" |
Synonyms | nook |
Part of | building, edifice |
Narrower | amen corner; chimney corner, inglenook |
Broader | area |
Verbs | corner |
Meaning | The intersection of two streets. |
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Examples | "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by" |
Synonyms | street corner, turning point |
Narrower | blind corner |
Broader | intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour |
Verbs | corner |
Meaning | The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect. |
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Examples | "the corners of a cube" |
Broader | point |
Verbs | corner |
Meaning | A small concavity. |
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Synonyms | recess, recession, niche |
Narrower | pharyngeal recess |
Broader | concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature |
Verbs | corner |
Meaning | A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade. |
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Examples | "a corner on the silver market" |
Broader | monopoly |
Verbs | corner |
Meaning | A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible. |
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Examples | "his lying got him into a tight corner" |
Synonyms | box |
Broader | predicament, quandary, plight |
Verbs | corner |
Meaning | A projecting part that is corner-shaped. |
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Examples | "he knocked off the corners" |
Broader | part, piece |
Meaning | A remote area. |
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Examples | "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery" |
Broader | area, country |
Meaning | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building. Especially one formed by a cornerstone. |
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Synonyms | quoin |
Category | architecture |
Part of | building, edifice |
Broader | structure, construction |
Meaning | Gain control over. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "corner the gold market" |
Broader | control, command |
Nouns | corner |
Meaning | Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Broader | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise |
Nouns | corner; corner; corner; corner |
Meaning | Turn a corner. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Examples | "the car corners" |
Broader | turn |
Nouns | corner |