cornernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɔː.nər/us/ˈkɔːr.nɚ/A2 the point, area, or line that is formed by the meeting of two lines, surfaces, roads, etc.:
C2 a part of a larger area, often somewhere quiet or far away:
a kick in football or a shot in hockey that is taken from the corner of the playing area
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- He sat in a dim corner of the waiting-room.
- The cows were all standing in one corner of the field.
- They stood on the street corner handing out leaflets.
- We watched until the car had turned the corner.
- The stamp goes in the top right-hand corner of the envelope.
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Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
- acute
- alternate angle
- angle of incidence
- antinode
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- axial
- erect
- horizontal
- oblique
- parallel
- plumb
- prominent
- reflection
- secant
- slant
- supplementary angle
- tangent
- tangential
- transversal
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Idiom(s)
cornerverb
uk/ˈkɔː.nər/us/ˈkɔːr.nɚ/corner verb (TURN)
[ I ] If a vehicle corners well, badly, etc., it drives around corners in the stated way:
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- hold the road idiom
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- mph
- pull away
- running costs
- scorch
- turning circle
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corner verb (TRAP)
[ T ] to force a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot easily escape:
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Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- cage
- capture
- catch
- clutch
- collar
- entangle
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- repo man
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
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