corner

Examples

• All

• There was a table in a far corner that was dark, unlit even by a candle.

  Fiction book (1991)

• It begins over 50 years ago, with a meteor crash in a quiet corner of Oklahoma.

  Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

• We wanted a place hidden away in some corner of the state.

  Academic text (1997)

• I'm down here in this corner of the of the mountain range.

• OK, this plant was in the darkest corner in our bedroom.

• I was born into a the remote southeastern corner of, of East Germany.

  Lex Fridman

• We have found that seemingly minor conflicts are originating in remote corners of the world.

  Academic text (1995)

• In the far corner you'll find a shed, in the shed you'll find a ladder.

  Sleuth (1972)

• As its name implies, Ecuador lies across the equator in the northwestern corner of South America.

  Academic text (2013)

• After hours of driving, they finally reached a secluded corner of the countryside where they could relax.

Synonyms

P

pocket

vscorner

64 7.2

A small separate area or group that is different from its surroundings

is a remote quiet area rather than an enclosed or social cluster

O

outskirts

vscorner

59 3.0

Parts of a town or city that are far from the center

is about a remote quiet area rather than general urban edges

N

nook

vscorner

40 3.0

A small sheltered corner where you can sit or read

is larger and more remote rather than just a small sheltered spot

O

outskirt

vscorner

11 3.5

An area at the edge of a town or city far from the centre

is secluded and quiet rather than only being at a city's edge

R

rincon

vscorner

• US

1 9.9

A small quiet corner in nature to sit or rest

is broader meaning any remote quiet area often far from activity centers

Idioms

A

around the corner

204 1.9

Very near in place or happening soon

I

in someone's corner

• Informal

34 4.6

Support someone during difficult times

T

to turn the corner

18 4.2

To begin to get better after a difficult time

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

P

to paint (oneself) into a corner

• Informal

7.4

Put yourself in a difficult situation with no easy way out

Compounds

S

street corner

63 1.0

The place where two streets meet

C

corner pocket

6 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

corner man

• Archaic

3 9.9

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

C

catty-corner

• US

2 7.9

At an angle across the corner of a street or room

K

kitty-corner

• US

1 7.9

Diagonally across the street from another place

C

corner post

1 4.6

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

S

shadowy corner

1 3.7

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

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

A

amen corner

1 9.9

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

C

corner cabinet

1 3.1

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

H

hole-in-corner

• Archaic

1 9.9

Hidden and small, often secret and unimportant

C

cobwebby corner

1 7.8

A corner covered in cobwebs that looks unused

H

hole-and-corner

• Archaic

9.3

A secret way of doing things to hide small dishonest acts

How Remote

wilderness

169 3.8

corner

241 4.2

backwater

19 7.2

nook

40 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology