Main entry: corner, turning point, street corner
Definition: the intersection of two streets
Usage: standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
Definition: (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
Definition: an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
Usage: a piano was in one corner of the room
Main entry: corner
Definition: the point where two lines meet or intersect
Usage: the corners of a rectangle
Main entry: corner
Definition: a place off to the side of an area
Usage: he tripled to the rightfield corner; the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
Main entry: corner
Definition: a remote area
Usage: in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
Main entry: corner
Definition: the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
Usage: the corners of a cube
Main entry: corner
Definition: a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
Usage: he knocked off the corners
Main entry: corner, niche, recess, recession
Definition: a small concavity
Definition: a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
Usage: his lying got him into a tight corner
Main entry: corner
Definition: a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
Usage: a corner on the silver market
Main entry: corner
Definition: turn a corner
Usage: the car corners
Definition: force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
Main entry: corner
Definition: gain control over
Usage: corner the gold market