corner

Examples

• All

• The Sundarbans is located in the southwest corner of Bangladesh, in the districts of Khulna, Satkhira, and Bagerhat.

  Academic text (2013)

• 477 Peachtree, at the corner of Pine, has been the shelter's address since 1997.

  Academic text (2011)

• OK, so this is the corner of the room, right?

• Look up for me darling, in the corner right there.

• We just want you to sit in the corner and talk.

• - Okay, I need, I need one person on each corner, all right?

  Of Things Past (2023)

• I'll be in my corner office.

  Theater Camp (2023)

• I told him to stay away from that corner.

  The Front Page (1974)

• - Down in the southeast corner of the valley... - about eight miles from his ranch.

  The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

• James crouched in the corner in the bedroom.

  Tati

Synonyms

I

intersection

vscorner

118 2.6

A place where two roads or streets cross

is used for meeting points of lines surfaces or edges beyond roads

C

crossroad

vscorner

83 2.0

A place where two or more roads meet

is the general term for meeting points of lines surfaces or edges

S

street corner

vscorner

63 1.0

The place where two streets meet

is used for meeting points of lines or surfaces beyond roads

I

intersection point

vscorner

• Specialized

1 3.5

A place where two lines, roads, or edges meet

is broader and refers to meeting places on objects rooms or streets

C

crosspoint

vscorner

• Specialized

6.6

A point where two lines meet to make a connection in electronics or networks

is general, applying to physical meeting points and locations too

Idioms

A

around the corner

260 1.9

Very near in place or happening soon

T

to turn the corner

14 4.2

To begin to get better after a difficult time

P

to paint (oneself) into a corner

• Informal

8 7.4

Put yourself in a difficult situation with no easy way out

I

in someone's corner

• Informal

1 4.6

Support someone during difficult times

S

stuck in a corner

• Informal

1 7.5

In a difficult situation with no clear way out

F

to fight one's corner

• UK

7.0

Defend your ideas or what you want when others disagree

Compounds

S

street corner

63 1.0

The place where two streets meet

C

corner pocket

5 3.7

A pocket at a corner of a pool table where balls fall

C

corner kick

3 2.4

A kick in football taken from the corner after a defender last touched the ball for the attacking team

C

catty-corner

• US

1 7.9

At an angle across the corner of a street or room

B

blind corner

1 3.3

A corner on a road where drivers cannot see around because something blocks the view

C

chimney corner

• Archaic

1 6.3

A corner of a room next to a fireplace where people sit to feel warm

C

corner cabinet

1 3.1

A cabinet made to fit into a room corner for storing or showing things

C

corner post

1 4.6

A vertical post at the corner of a building that supports the walls

A

amen corner

1 9.9

A place in a church where people sit and loudly say amen during a service

K

kitty-corner

• US

1 7.9

Diagonally across the street from another place

S

shadowy corner

1 3.7

A dim part of a room or place where people cannot see well

C

cobwebby corner

7.8

A corner covered in cobwebs that looks unused

C

corner man

• Archaic

9.9

A man in old minstrel shows who sits at one end of performers and makes jokes with the main speaker

H

hole-and-corner

• Archaic

9.3

A secret way of doing things to hide small dishonest acts

H

hole-in-corner

• Archaic

9.9

Hidden and small, often secret and unimportant

How Sharp

acute angle

• Specialized

1 2.8

corner

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology