cornerUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɔːrnər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkɔrnɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kôr′nər)
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corner
A corner is a place where two sides or edges of something meet. You usually say that something is in a corner. Put the television set in the corner. Flowers were growing in one corner of the garden. When two streets meet, you refer to each of the places where their edges meet as a corner. You use on when you are talking about the corner of a street. There is a hotel on the corner of Main and Brisbane Streets. We can't have police officers on every corner. *
'corner' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Forum discussions with the word(s) "corner" in the title: ... dumped communally on the corner. - English Only forum
...a point when the corner was turned - English Only forum ...around the corner from Cover to Cover - English Only forum “His inner mind, reaching out to turn the corner for him” - English Only forum (a)round/ beyond the corner - English Only forum 40 covers around the corner - English Only forum 90° - <on> the top-right corner - English Only forum a “Rosenbloom” on every corner - English Only forum A box of apples is or are in the corner. - English Only forum A corner for me - English Only forum a corner of a smile - English Only forum a corner of curtain - English Only forum a corner of the book ? - English Only forum a corner of the sky - English Only forum a corner office - English Only forum a corner piece of information - English Only forum a corner with some fine formations - English Only forum a dark, mysterious corner of Boulder - English Only forum a desk, an iron-framed bed in the corner where we lay down - English Only forum a person who sits 'in' the corner / 'at' the corner - English Only forum a spot <selling myself> on some corner - English Only forum a table in the corner vs a corner table - English Only forum a Turkish corner - English Only forum a verb for "to glance out of the corner of one's eye at"? - English Only forum <According to Paula>, what does Peter have to do as he approaches the corner? - English Only forum across the street corner and the wide lawn - English Only forum across the way vs around the corner - English Only forum adjacent corner - English Only forum An apartment located on the corner of where two streets meet - English Only forum an English Corner for all ages - English Only forum more...
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