Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
corner
IPA transcription: [k'ɔɹnɚ]
Pronunciations of corner
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
corner
Meaning:
a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
Synonyms:
corner
Meaning:
the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle"
Synonyms:
corner, nook
Meaning:
an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"
Synonyms:
corner, street_corner, turning_point
Meaning:
the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
Synonyms:
corner
Meaning:
the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube"
Synonyms:
recess, recession, niche, corner
Meaning:
a small concavity
Synonyms:
corner
Meaning:
a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market"
Synonyms:
corner, box
Meaning:
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner"
Synonyms:
corner
Meaning:
a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked off the corners"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
corner
Meaning:
gain control over; "corner the gold market"
Usage examples
He turned the corner.
The driver stopped at a corner.
Tony left her corner reluctantly.
"Yes, yes, every hole and corner."
Elphick began to move in his corner.
We could find a corner by ourselves."
"Huh!" said the loud one from a corner.
They left no nook or corner unexplored.
It was at my corner. To be sure it was!
We will take the car here at the corner."
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