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Definition: Corner |
CornerNoun1. A place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye". 2. The point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle". 3. An interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room". 4. The intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by". 5. The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube". 6. A small concavity. 7. A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade: "a corner on the silver market". 8. A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner". 9. A projecting part that is corner-shaped; "he knocked off the corners". 10. : a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery". 11. : (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone. Verb1. Gain control over; "corner the gold market". 2. Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. 3. Turn a corner: "the car corners". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "corner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Corner \Cor"ner\, noun. [Old French corniere, cornier, Late Latin cornerium, corneria, from Latin cornu horn, end, point. See Horn.]. (references) |
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Bible | Corner The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). "Corners" in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the "corners of Moab" denotes the whole land of Moab. The "corner of a field" (Lev. 19:9; 23:22) is its extreme part, which was not to be reaped. The Jews were prohibited from cutting the "corners," i.e., the extremities, of the hair and whiskers running round the ears (Lev. 19:27; 21:5). The "four corners of the earth" in Isa. 11:12 and Ezek. 7:2 denotes the whole land. The "corners of the streets" mentioned in Matt. 6:5 means the angles where streets meet so as to form a square or place of public resort. The corner gate of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 26:9) was on the north-west side of the city. Corner-stone (Job 38:6; Isa. 28:16), a block of great importance in binding together the sides of a building. The "head of the corner" (Ps. 118:22, 23) denotes the coping, the "coign of vantage", i.e., the topstone of a building. But the word "corner stone" is sometimes used to denote some person of rank and importance (Isa. 28:16). It is applied to our Lord, who was set in highest honour (Matt. 21:42). He is also styled "the chief corner stone" (Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:6-8). When Zechariah (10:4), speaking of Judah, says, "Out of him came forth the corner," he is probably to be understood as ultimately referring to the Messiah as the "corner stone." (See TEMPLE, SOLOMON'S ¯T0003612.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | This is an unfavorable dream if the dreamer is frightened and secretes himself in a corner for safety. To see persons talking in a corner, enemies are seeking to destroy you. The chances are that some one whom you consider a friend will prove a traitor to your interest. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | A section of a waveguide in which the direction of the longitudinal axis changes abruptly. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A corner joint in a log house. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Corner (A). The condition of the market with respect to a commodity which has been largely bought up, in order to create a virtual monopoly and enhance its market price; as a salt-corner, a corner in pork, etc. The idea is that the goods are piled and hidden in a corner out of sight. "The price of bread rose like a rocket, and speculators wished to corner what little wheat there was."- New York Weekly Times (June 13, 1894). Corner Driven into a corner. Placed where there is no escape; driven from all subterfuges and excuses. Corner (The). Tattersall's horse-stores and betting-rooms, Knightsbridge Green. They were once at the corner of Hyde Park. To make a corner. To combine in order to control the price of a given article, and thus secure enormous profits. (See Corner.) What have I done to deserve a corner? To deserve punishment. The allusion is to setting naughty children in a corner by way of punishment. "There's nothing I have done yet, o' my conscience, Deserves a corner." Shakespeare: Henry VIII., iii. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. A point on a tract of land at which two or more surveyed boundary lines meet; e.g., a township corner b. A term that is often incorrectly used to denote the physical station,or monument, erected to mark the corner e.g., a township corner. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CornerSynonyms: box (n), niche (n), nook (n), quoin (n), recess (n), recession (n), street corner (n), turning point (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: elbowing (electrical engineering). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hindrance | Cramp, hamper; clog, clog the wheels; cumber; encumber, incumber; handicap; choke; saddle with, load with; overload, lay; lumber, trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience; incommode, discommode; discompose; hustle, corner, drive into a corner. |
Possession | Exclusive possession, impropriation, monopoly, retention; prepossession, preoccupancy; nine points of the law; corner, usucaption. |
Engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate, impropriate, have all to oneself; corner; have a firmhold of; (retain); get into one's hand; (acquire). | |
Receptacle | Compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, recess, nook; crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel; cave; (concavity). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Nobody puts Baby in the corner. (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein) It doesn't corner worth a damn (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron) All I've got to sleep on is a rag in the corner, you little rat (Stuart Little; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) Meg, honey, your car's in a tree around the corner. (Twister; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Anne-Marie Martin) I'm at the corner of 1st and 1st How can the same street intersect with itself (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) | |
Lyrics | Four kids on the corner trying to bring you up. (DOWN ON THE CORNER; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) Save A Corner Of Your Heart for me (SAVE A CORNER OF YOUR HEART; performing artist: Poco) Wait in that corner until that breeze blows in (You're Only Human (Second Wind); performing artist: Billy Joel) Have you seen that girl on the corner (Ebony Eyes; performing artist: Bob Welch; writing credit: Bob Welch) And someone’s sneakin' ‘round the corner ("Mack the Knife"; performing artist: Bobby Darin) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Corner Bar (1972) Scotch Corner (1972) Blind Corner (1963) World in My Corner (1956) Sixpenny Corner (1955) | |
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 | From an overhead angle, a purple glass of milk is spilled into the frame from the lower left corner across a white counter. Above the glass in the upper left is a green bowl of fruit and cottage cheese. The red lettering in the lower right reads: "Eat Low-fat Dairy Foods". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" June 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | This street-level view of the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center and the Ambulatory Care and Research Facility (ACRF). Shown from the northeast corner. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | Placement of corner stone for the CDC Clifton Road building. Credit: CDC. |  | The CDC moved its location to Clifton Road after construction was completed in 1960. Bldg. 6 will eventually exist in the lower left corner of this photograph. Credit: CDC. |
 | In a small corner of the vast Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, large sand dunes -the only sand in this desert of scrub and rock- appear as lines stretching from left to right. The light-colored fan shapes are scars from wildfires. Credit: NASA. |  | The Mayn River, seen here with what is thought to be a portion of the Anadyr River, flows through the far northeastern corner of Siberia. Credit: NASA. |
 | 3-D image from NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Detail of NE corner of Mitchell Dome map. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | 129 foot wooden tower at Station Tate Horse and buggy at lower right corner for scale Triangulation party of A. T. Mosman. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | "Lake Union in Seattle". The present-day NOAA Ship base is located in the near left corner of the lake. In: "Puget Sound and Western Washington Cities-Towns Scenery", by Robert A. Reid, Robert A. Reid Publisher, Seattle, 1912. P. 78. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Early morning fog and autumn colors reflected in the Patuxent River at Wayson's Corner. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| "Church Corner vs. Sky" by Shawn Sutherland Commentary: "A church set against a beautiful, blue sky." | "Corner of modern building" by bizilagun design Commentary: "Interesting architecture that of this building in Marbella, Andalusia." |
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 | A billiard ball being struck with a pool cue and entering the corner pocket. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Earl Nightingale | The success is the man who runs the corner gas station because that was his dream -- that's what he wanted to do. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? |
Rupert Brooke | If I should die, think only this of me: that there's some corner of a foreign field that is for ever England. |
Sir Philip Sidney | With a tale, for sooth, he comet unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. |
The Bible | The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. |
Thomas p Kempis | Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book. |
William Shakespeare | I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon than keep a corner in the thing I love for others uses. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | The corner of the sofa is very good |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | They are numbered all round, beginning at one corner. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The noisy little Cratchits were as still as statues in one corner, and sat looking up at Peter, who had a book before him. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At the first corner, Grenetat will make a Caudine Forks |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | I can see it in the corner of his eye. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He looked into the barn shed, deserted, a little ground straw on the floor, and at the mule stall in the corner. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me. |
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | All your life you live so close to the truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque |
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Health | It will show "Hospital Part A" on the lower left corner of the card. (references) | |
Researchers are wary of giving people false hope that a "magic bullet" for curing spinal cord injury is just around the corner. (references) | ||
For people with severe cases of dry eye, temporary or permanent closure of the tear drain (small openings at the inner corner of the eyelids where tears drain from the eye) may be helpful. (references) | ||
Business | Novell sees part of its future success in the telecommunications arena with its Novell directory service (NDS) and is wooing large companies to corner a slice of its market. (references) | |
With the deregulation of the telecommunications infrastructure in 1998 and the partial privatization of France Telecom, the telecommunications industry in France has turned a major corner. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Singapore | There is a ban on sound amplification at the Speakers' Corner. (references) |
Singapore | In January, police questioned and warned two persons regarding a December 10, 2000, "Human Rights Day" program at the Speakers' Corner. (references) | |
Singapore | As a result of this debate, the Government decided to institute a Speakers' Corner, which opened in September 2000; however, government restrictions on speakers still limited their ability to speak freely. (references) | |
Economic History | Taiwan | Flag: Red field with white sun in blue rectangle in upper left corner. (references) |
Japan | Japan's new Prime Minister is not promising good times around the corner. (references) | |
Philippines | For example, government-owned banks corner the bulk of public sector deposits. (references) | |
Human Rights | Niger | There was no investigation nor action taken in the 1999 case in which a Nigerien-Algerian team of security forces attacked a camp of alleged Islamists who advocated violence in the northwestern corner of Niger, killing between 4 and 15 persons. (references) |
Political Economy | Singapore | A Speakers' Corner continued to provide a public forum for persons to speak on a range of issues. (references) |
Singapore | After questioning two persons who took part in a December 2000 program at the Corner, police issued a letter of warning and a notice in January that events at the Corner that might be viewed as demonstrations or rallies required permits. (references) | |
Trade | Kazakhstan | For further information on EBRD programs in Kazakhstan, contact: Gene Harris, U.S. Liaison Office, EBRD, One Exchange Square, London, EC2A, 2EH, United Kingdom; Tel: 44 (171)338-6609; Fax: 44 (171)338-6680. The EBRD resident representative is: Michael Davey, European Bank For Reconstruction and Development 10-A Abay St., corner of Furmanov, 8th floor, Almaty, Kazakhstan 480013, Tel: 7 (3272) 632-247, 631-576; Fax: 7 (327)-581-1424. (references) |
Travel | Ghana | Osu, around the corner from Regal, and 3 blocks from Dynasty. (references) |
Israel | Diet drinks are becoming very popular as well as a variety of wonderful fresh made fruit-based shakes and popular beverages from the U.S. Coffee bars and pastry shops are on almost every street corner, and many small kiosks offer regional specialties such as falafel and shwarma sandwiches. (references) | |
Women | Cuba | Police obtained early success in their efforts by stationing officers on nearly every major street corner where tourists were present. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Suzanne Somers | Little boys are so full of testosterone and energy, and I have two grandsons that bite each other constantly, but then the girls, they like to play in the corner, and they're just different. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | What we think, plan, say, and do is of profound significance to the future of every corner of the world. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Our concern and interest, compassion and vigilance, extend to every corner of a dwindling planet. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Again, let us remember that though our heritage is one of blood lines from every corner of the Earth, we are all Americans pledged to carry on this last, best hope of man on Earth. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | America has been a force for peace and prosperity in every corner of the globe. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | We'll press on to turn our recovery into lasting growth and opportunity that reaches every corner of America. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Corner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.05% of the time. "Corner" is used about 7,464 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.05% | 7,169 | 1,352 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.85% | 288 | 17,155 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.07% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.03% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7,464 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "corner" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Corner | Last name | 1,000 | 10,372 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "corner". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Puah | N/A | Biblical | Corner |
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Expressions using "corner": a remote corner ♦ a warm corner ♦ amen corner ♦ around the corner ♦ at the corner ♦ be driven into a corner ♦ be in a tight corner ♦ blind corner ♦ bliss Corner ♦ broken corner ♦ Carl's Corner ♦ Cashs Corner ♦ chimney corner ♦ clipped corner ♦ college Corner ♦ corner a market ♦ corner crack ♦ corner cupboard ♦ corner house ♦ corner kick ♦ corner man ♦ corner of a ring ♦ corner of smb.'s mouth ♦ corner of the eye ♦ corner of the house ♦ corner pillar ♦ corner post ♦ corner radius ♦ corner reflector ♦ corner seats ♦ corner smb. ♦ corner stone ♦ corner strip bead ♦ Corner tooth ♦ corner transition ♦ done in a corner ♦ drive into a corner ♦ drive smb. into a corner ♦ every hole and corner ♦ Fussels Corner ♦ heavy corner ♦ Hole and corner ♦ in a tight corner ♦ in the corner ♦ just around the corner ♦ light corner ♦ look out of the corner of smb.'s eye ♦ Moncks Corner ♦ Myers Corner ♦ obscure corner ♦ on the corner ♦ Poets' Corner ♦ puss in the corner ♦ put corner stone ♦ put smb. into a corner ♦ quiet corner ♦ remote corner ♦ round the corner ♦ rounded corner ♦ special profiled corner moulding ♦ Sprouses Corner ♦ street corner ♦ take a corner ♦ tight corner ♦ Tillmans Corner ♦ to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner ♦ to corner ♦ To laugh out of the other corner ♦ to laugh out of the other corner of the mouth ♦ To turn a corner ♦ To turn the corner ♦ turn a street corner ♦ turn down the corner of a page ♦ turn down the corner of the page ♦ turn the corner ♦ turn the corner of the street ♦ Tysons Corner ♦ waveguide corner ♦ West College Corner. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "corner": corner-based, corner-boy, corner-cube, corner-cutting, corner-kick, corner-kicks, corner-man, corner-markings, corner-post, corner-segments, corner-seldom, corner-shop, corner-stone, corner-stones, corner-to-corner, corner-wise. | |
Ending with "corner": hole-in-the-corner, medallion-and-corner, street-corner. | |
Containing "corner": a hole-and-corner transaction, bias catacorner cata-cornered catercorner cater-cornered catty-corner catty-cornered diagonal kitty-corner kitty-cornered oblique skew skewed slanted, four-corner-towered, round-the-corner-from-the-truth. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
casual corner | 1,414 | corner shower | 89 |
calico corner | 633 | clear corner | 88 |
corner computer desk | 440 | kid corner | 87 |
corner entertainment center | 435 | corner creature | 85 |
corner bakery | 414 | corner bath tub | 83 |
liberty corner nj | 385 | corner sink | 76 |
tysons corner | 343 | corner book case | 75 |
four corner | 326 | corner fireplace | 72 |
corner desk | 320 | moncks corner sc | 69 |
corner cabinet | 266 | annex casual corner | 66 |
corner shelf | 264 | buckeye corner | 65 |
tysons corner mall | 235 | corner tv cabinet | 62 |
corner | 230 | hales corner wi | 62 |
corner tv stand | 130 | corner crib | 60 |
lauras spanking corner | 125 | corner baker rack | 58 |
corner tv stands | 105 | corner curio cabinet | 57 |
corner table | 104 | corner cupids | 56 |
tysons corner center | 99 | corner entertainment unit | 55 |
corner armoire | 94 | corner computer armoire | 55 |
corner brook | 90 | corner cupboard | 53 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "corner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | hoek (angle). (various references) | |
Albanian | cepit, zë ngushtë, skutë (dump, hide, hideaway, hiding place, hole), skaj (border, bottom, edge, end, extreme, extremity, rim, shank, skirt, skirting, terminal, verge), qoshe (bevel, nook), mbërthej (brace, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, do up, enchain, fasten, grip, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, peg, seize, snatch), marr kthesë (curve, turn), kënd (angle, flap), goditje këndi, blej të gjithë sasinë, akaparim, çoj në qoshe. (various references) | |
Arabic | ركن (basis), ملتقى شارعين, موقف حرج (plight), مأزق (bind, bottleneck, critical situation, deadlock, deep water, dilemma, fix, impasse, jam, logjam, pickle, plight, predicament, quandary, quicksands, stalemate), قرنة, واقع عند زاوية, سوق (carry, drive, emporium, fair, herd, market, mart, merchandise), زوى, زاوية (angle, nook, oratory), زاوي (angular), إنعطف حول زاوية, إلتقى عند زاوية, إحتكار (monopolism), إحتكر (monopolize, sew up), ركن (niche, nook, shunt). (various references) | |
Basque | txoko, kantoia. (various references) | |
Breton | korn. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ъгъл (angle, nook), ъглов удар, ъглов (angle, angular), срещам се под ъгъл, група поддръжници, монополно положение, затънтено място (backwater, hole, jumping-off-place, nowhere), затруднено положение (fix, hole, millstone, quag, quagmire), закупувам със спекулативна цел, завивам зад ъгъла, правя завой (double), притискам в ъгъла. (various references) | |
Catalan | cantonada, cantó. (various references) | |
Chinese | 陬 (foot of mountain), 隅 (copper), 角落 , 稜 (glutinous rice, square beam), 楞 (clothes-horse, square beam), 棱 (square beam), 拐角. (various references) | |
Croatian | ugla. (various references) | |
Czech | roh (angle, horn). (various references) | |
Danish | hjørne. (various references) | |
Dutch | hoek (angle), opkopen (monopolize), accapareren (monopolize). (various references) | |
Esperanto | angulo (angle). (various references) | |
Estonian | nurga. (various references) | |
Faeroese | leggja undir seg (conquer, monopolize), horn (angle, hooter, horn, klaxon). (various references) | |
Farsi | کنج (Angle), گوشه گذاشتن به , گوشه دارکردن (Point), گوشه (Angle, Jest, Lobe, Nook, Quip, Recess). (various references) | |
Finnish | kulma (angle). (various references) | |
Flemish | hoek. (various references) | |
French | coin, accaparer (cover), monopoliser, corner. (various references) | |
French Canadian | coin. (various references) | |
Frisian | hoeke (angle). (various references) | |
Galician | esquina. (various references) | |
German | Ecke (angle, edge, nook, point, turning, wedge), Winkel (aangles, angle, angles, bracket, chevron, nook, nooks, place, recess, Square, stripe). (various references) | |
Greek | γωνία (angle, coign, nook). (various references) | |
Guarani | esquina. (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | pwent. (various references) | |
Hebrew | פאה (border, edge, side, wig), פנתי, פנה (niche, nook, pinnacle, turn, turret), זוית (angle), כנף (flap, limb, retiring, wing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sarok (angle, cant, coign, heel, nook, pole), zug (nook, recess), szöglet (angle, cant, corner-kick, nook, quoin). (various references) | |
Icelandic | hornið (the corner). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sudut (angle), penjuru, pelosok (outlying place, remote spot). (various references) | |
Irish | clúid. (various references) | |
Italian | angolo (angle, bevel, nook), accaparramento (buyout, panic buying). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 隅 (copper, nook), 片隅 (nook), 一隅 (nook). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すみ (arranged, charcoal, ink, nook, settled, taken care of), そくへん, ひとすみ (nook), つら (face, face guard, facial features, mask, mug, page, side or facet, surface), かたすみ (nook), かたほろり (remote country place), かど (edge, excess, gate, immoderation), いっかく (a lot, a narwhal, apparently, enclosure, one block, one grab, point, section), いちぐう (nook, one meeting), めん (dismissal, face, face guard, facial features, mask, mug, noodles, page, raw cotton, side or facet, surface), コーナー , コーナ , へきぐう (nook). (various references) | |
Korean | 구석. (various references) | |
Lombard | canton (angle). (various references) | |
Luganda | kkoona. (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | eck. (various references) | |
Manx | cuinney (corner nook), corneil (angle, child bed, corner on road, turning), ceau (aim, carry, consume, corner on road, dart, fall, hang, last, loose, pass, pelt, rain, rake, run out, shoot, shower; launch, shy; weather, spend, throw, wear), uillin [f] (angle, crook, elbow, elbow joint, nudge), uillin (angle, crook, elbow, elbow joint, nudge), geaylin (hawse, shoulder). (various references) | |
Maya | okom (corner post). (various references) | |
Norwegian | hjørne. (various references) | |
Occitan | canton. (various references) | |
Papiamen | skina (angle). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | koner. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ornercay.(various references) | |
Polish | róg (angle, hooter, horn, klaxon), kąt (angle). (various references) | |
Portuguese | esquina (angle, bight, cant, coign, coin, elbow, quoin, street corner), canto (angle, brink, brow, cantation, canthi, canto, cantus, chant, descant, edge, melody, nook, song), açambarcar (appropriate, engross, monopolize). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | esquina. (various references) | |
Romanian | colţ (aiguille, angle, cliff, Fang, nest, nook, quoin, spot, stump, tooth, tusk). (various references) | |
Russian | угол (angle, angles). (various references) | |
Scottish | cùil (angle, closet, niche, nook, recess). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ugao (angle, nook, quoin), saterati u ćošak, oblast (area, bailiwick, district, domain, field, plane, precincts, realm, region, section, submarine havens, territory, zone), monopolisati (hog, monopolize), kraj (beside, by, end, finish, heelpiece, landscape, lappet, last, parts, tail, tail end, termination, terminus), korner, ćošak (nook, quoin). (various references) | |
Slovene | vogala. (various references) | |
Somali | geeska (the corner). (various references) | |
Sotho | kgoneng. (various references) | |
Spanish | esquina (quoin), ángulo (angle). (various references) | |
Swahili | kona (angle). (various references) | |
Swedish | vrå (angle, nook, recess), knut (bun, junction, kink, knot, node, nods, Nodus, point, running knot), hörna (nook), hörn (angle, nook, quoin), corner. (various references) | |
Tagalog | sulok (angle), panulukan (angle), kanto. (various references) | |
Tswana | khoneng. (various references) | |
Turkish | köşe atışı (corner kick), açı (angle, bevel, gonio-), açi (angle), bölge (area, belt, circumscription, climate, department, district, division, latitude, parts, phase, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, sky, territory, tract, ward, zone), bucak (Burg, district, township), ele geçirmek (capture, conquer, embrace, get, get hold of, hunt down, invade, lay hold of, pinch, possess oneself of, seize, take, take possession of, win), ücra yer, köşe (angle, gonio-, nook, quarter, turning), virajı almak, köşe dönmek (get on the gravy train), köşe oluşturmak, köşede olan, köşeye sıkıştırmak (bring to bay, drive smb. into a corner, have smb. over a barrel, stalemate), kuytu (cranny, hidden, Lee, nook, obscure, quiet, retired, sheltered, snug), tekel oluşturma, kıstırmak (bring to bay, claw hold of, jam, jam in, nip, pinch, shut, shut in, tuck). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kьnjek, зьсk (angle, nook). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ріг (beak, horn), куток (niche, nook), кут (angle, cant), закуток (nook, pigeonhole), закапелок, загнати у безвихідь, поставити в куток. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chỗ giấu giếm nơi, chỗ chiến sự xảy ra ác liệt liếc ai, chỗ ẩn náu (harbourage), có cảm tình với ai, xó xỉnh, vượt qua giai đoạn khó khăn, nhìn trộm ai nơi nguy hiểm hoàn cảnh khó khăn rẽ, nhà (home, plat). (various references) | |
Welsh | cornel (angle). (various references) | |
Wolof | koñ. (various references) | |
Xhosa | ekoneni. (various references) | |
Zulu | ilikhona (angle), ikhona (angle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ub. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | angularem, angulari, angularibus, anguli, angulis, angulo, angulorum, angulos, angulum, angulus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | karana. (various references) |
| Persian | 800-Modern | gose. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Cronon gar tina exw rembetai cronon de en plateiaiV para pasan gwnian enedreuei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nunc foris nunc in plateis nunc iuxta angulos insidians |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Now withouteforth, now in the stretys, now beside the corneres aspiende. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 12 |
| Croatian | bila je èas na ulici, èas na trgovima i vrebala kod svakog ugla; |
| Danish | snart på Gader, snart på Torve, ved hvert et Hjørne lurer hun; - |
| Dutch | Nu buiten, dan op de straten zijnde, en bij alle hoeken loerende; |
| Finnish | milloin hän on kadulla, milloin toreilla, ja väijyy joka kulmassa. |
| French | Tantôt dans la rue, tantôt sur les places, Et près de tous les angles, elle était aux aguets. |
| German | Jetzt ist sie draußen, jetzt auf der Gasse, und lauert an allen Ecken. |
| Haitian Creole | Li toupatou nan lari, sou laplas, nan tout kalfou. L'ap veye, je l' toupatou. |
| Hungarian | Néha az utczán, néha a tereken van, és minden szegletnél leselkedik. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sebentar ia di lorong-lorong, sebentar di pasar, terendap-endaplah ia pada tiap-tiap siku lorong. |
| Italian | Ora è per la strada, ora per le piazze, ad ogni angolo sta in agguato. |
| Korean | 어 떤 때 에 는 거 리, 어 떤 때 에 는 광 장 모 퉁 이, 모 퉁 이 에 서 서 사 람 을 기 다 리 는 자 라 |
| Maori | Inaianei kei nga ara ia, inamata kei nga waharoa, e tauwhanga ana i nga kokinga katoa. |
| Norwegian | Snart er hun på gater, snart på torver, og ved hvert hjørne lurer hun. |
| Portuguese | ora está ela pelas ruas, ora pelas praças, espreitando por todos os cantos. |
| Rumanian | cknd kn uliyq, cknd kn pieye, pela toate colyurile stqtea la pkndq. |
| Russian | ФП ОБ ХМЙГЕ, ФП ОБ РМПЭБДСИ, Й Х ЛБЦДПЗП ХЗМБ УФТПЙФ ПОБ ЛПЧЩ. |
| Spanish | Unas veces está afuera; otras veces por las plazas, acechando por todas las esquinas. |
| Swedish | Än var hon på gatan, än var hon på torgen vid vart gathörn stod hon på lur. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "corner": cornerback, cornerbacks, cornered, cornering, cornerman, cornermen, corners, cornerstone, cornerstones, cornerways, cornerwise. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "corner": catercorner, scorner. (additional references) | |
Words containing "corner": catercornered, scorners, tricornered. (additional references) | |
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"Corner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: carnbeg, Carnero, Cobner, coner, Conero, conir, conler, corber, cordner, corener, corery, corier, coriner, corler, Corna, Cornaert, cornar, corne, cornerl, cornery, corney, Cornner, cornor, cornu, cornye, Corser, corter, Cosner, Cotner, Counor, courne, croner, Csorna, Goerner, Gorner, Karner, Kirzner, Kolner, Kornei, korner, kronar, lorner, Morner, ocner, porner. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "corner" (pronounced kô"rner) |
| 4 | -ô" r n er | mourner, Warner. |
| 3 | -r n er | Darner, Garner. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-n-o-r-r" | |
-1 letter: corer, crone, crore, recon. | |
-2 letters: cero, cone, core, corn, once. | |
-3 letters: con, cor, eon, ern, err, nor, one, orc, ore, rec, roc, roe. | |
-4 letters: en, er, ne, no, oe, on, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-n-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: corners, cornier, coroner, crooner, crowner, recrown, scorner. | |
+2 letters: careworn, confrere, conjurer, cornered, coroners, crooners, crowners, enforcer, ranchero, rancored, reckoner, recrowns, resorcin, romancer, scorners, tricorne, trouncer. | |
+3 letters: arrogance, carnivore, carronade, coinsurer, concurred, conferral, conferred, conferrer, conformer, confreres, conjurers, conqueror, conserver, contriver, converser, converter, convertor, copartner, coriander, cornbread, corncrake, cornering, cornerman, cornermen, cornrowed, criterion, enforcers, ferrocene, incorrect, intercrop, merocrine, noncareer, occurrent, precensor, precentor, procreant, raconteur, rancheros, reckoners, reconfirm, reconquer, recontour, reconvert, recording, recorking, recounter, recrowned, recursion, reenforce, reinforce, rencontre, renouncer, rescoring, resorcins, rhinoceri, romancers, schnorrer, scrounger, tricornes, trouncers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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