noun | verb
cornercorner1 /ˈkɔrnɚ/ ●●● S1 W2 noun 1
WHERE TWO LINES/EDGES MEET [countable] math the point at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet: She picked the tablecloth up by the corners and folded it neatly.corner of Gold tassels were sewn to the corners of the pillows. The station’s logo appears in the corner of the TV screen. Jessie sat on the corner of her bed.2STREETS the point where two streets, roads, or paths meet: corner of The hotel is on the corner of Thornton and Sycamore. Several women were standing at the corner, talking to two men. kids hanging out on the street cornerscorner store/bar/gas station etc. He bought a newspaper at the corner store. Marnie’s apartment is just around the corner from here. The driver took the corner (=went around it) way too fast.3CORNER OF A ROOM/BOX [countable often singular] the place inside a room or box where two walls or sides meet: A Christmas tree stood in the corner of the living room.corner table/booth etc. They sat in a corner booth and drank coffee.corner office (=an office that has two outside walls at the corner of a building)4MOUTH/EYE [countable] the side of your mouth or eye: She rubbed a tear from the corner of her eye.5DIFFICULT SITUATION [singular] a situation that is difficult to escape from: back/force somebody into a corner Interest payments and debts have backed the company into a corner. With funding being cut, the music program is in a tight corner. He’s painted himself into a corner by issuing these threats.6DISTANT PLACE [countable] a distant place in another part of the world: corner of He sent a postcard from some remote corner of Alaska.the far/four corners of the world/earth/globe Spaniards traveled to the far corners of the globe in search of new lands.7SPORTS [countable] a)a kick in soccer that one team is allowed to take from one of the corners of their opponent’s end of the field b)any of the four corners of the area in which the competitors fight in boxing or wrestling8(just) around the corner likely to happen soon: Economic recovery is just around the corner.9see something out of the corner of your eye to notice something by chance, without turning your head toward it or looking for it: Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a man running out of the store.10cut corners to do things too quickly, and not as carefully as you should, especially to save money or time: The agency accused the airline of cutting corners on safety.11have a corner on something to be the only company, organization, etc. that has a particular product, ability, advantage etc.: We no longer have a corner on knowledge or technology. The company has a corner on the soybean market (=controls the supply of the product).12cut a corner to go across the corner of something, especially a road, instead of keeping to the edges: If we cut the corner too tight, the trailer will hit the fence.[Origin: 1200–1300 Old French cornere, from corne horn, corner, from Latin cornu horn, point] → see also kitty-corner noun | verb
cornercorner2 verb 1[transitive] to force a person or animal into a position from which it is hard to escape: Hill cornered her at a party and forced her to answer his questions.2corner the market to gain control of the whole supply of a particular kind of goods: The company has cornered 98% of the fried chicken market.3[intransitive] if a car corners, it goes around a corner or curve in the road: The new Audi corners very well.