Definition of corner

"corner" in the noun sense

1. corner

a place off to the side of an area

"he tripled to the rightfield corner"

"the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"

2. corner

the point where two lines meet or intersect

"the corners of a rectangle"

3. corner, nook

an interior angle formed by two meeting walls

"a piano was in one corner of the room"

4. corner, street corner, turning point

the intersection of two streets

"standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

5. corner

the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

"the corners of a cube"

6. recess, recession, niche, corner

a small concavity

7. corner

a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

"a corner on the silver market"

8. corner, box

a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

"his lying got him into a tight corner"

9. corner

a projecting part where two sides or edges meet

"he knocked off the corners"

10. corner

a remote area

"in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"

11. corner, quoin

architecture) solid exterior angle of a building especially one formed by a cornerstone

"corner" in the verb sense

1. corner

gain control over

"corner the gold market"

2. corner, tree

force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

3. corner

turn a corner

"the car corners"

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Quotations for corner

Take time in turning a corner. [ Proverb ]

Simpering is but a lay-hypocrisy:
Give it a corner and the clue undoes. [ George Herbert ]

Is it possible? Sits the wind in that corner? [ William Shakespeare ]

The stone which the builders refused has become the head of the corner. [ Bible ]

Choose not a house near an inn (viz., for noise) or in a corner (for filth). [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He comes to you with a tale which holds children from play and old men from the chimney-corner. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of the Capulets. [ Burke ]

The heart of a woman is never so full of affection that there does not remain a little corner for flattery and love. [ Marivaux ]

To have the tongue cut out, and to be seated deaf and dumb in a corner, were preferable to his condition who cannot govern his tongue. [ Sadi ]

We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality. [ Joubert ]

"A fair day's wages for a fair day's work," is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing; yet in what corner of this planet was that ever realised? [ Carlyle ]

It is only in some corner of the brain which we leave empty, that Vice can obtain a lodging. When he knocks at your door, be able to say, No room for your lordship, pass on! [ Edward Bulwer Lytton ]

Your invitation honors me, and pleases me because you still keep me in your remembrance, but I am seventy; seventy, and would nestle in the chimney-corner, and smoke my pipe, and read my book, and take my rest, wishing you well in all affection; and that when you in your return shall arrive at pier No. 70 you may step aboard your waiting ship with a reconciled spirit, and lay your course toward the sinking sun with a contented heart. [ Mark Twain, Seventieth Birthday speech ]

corner in Scrabble®

The word corner is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters corner:

CORNER
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word corner

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corner in Words With Friends™

The word corner is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters corner:

CORNER
(60)
 

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Words within the letters of corner

2 letter words in corner (5 words)

3 letter words in corner (7 words)

4 letter words in corner (4 words)

5 letter words in corner (3 words)

6 letter words in corner (1 word)

corner + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence corner

Words with corner in them (3 words)

Words that end with corner (2 words)

Word Growth involving corner

Shorter words in corner

or corn

Longer words containing corner

cornerback cornerbacks

cornered sharpcornered

cornering

corners cornerstone cornerstones

corners scorners

cornerways

cornerwise

scorner scorners