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corner
cor‧ner
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ˈkɔːnə
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ˈkɔːrnər
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S1
W2
noun
1
where two lines/edges meet
WHERE TWO LINES/EDGES MEET
[
countable
]
CF
the point at which two lines or edges meet
He pulled a dirty handkerchief out by its corner and waved it at me.
corner of
Their initials were sewn on the corner of every pillow.
in the corner (of something)
The TV station’s name appears in the corner of the screen.
on the corner (of something)
Jessie sat on the corner of her bed.
three-cornered/four-cornered etc
a three-cornered hat
2
road
ROADS
[
countable usually singular
]
a)
CF
the point where two roads meet
corner of
Ruth walked with her as far as the corner of the road.
on the corner
The hotel is on the corner of 5th and Maine.
at the corner
Several women were standing at the corner, talking to two police officers.
kids hanging around on
street corners
b)
TTR
BEND
a point in a road where it turns sharply
He had tried to
take
the
corner
too quickly, and had lost control of the car.
The petrol station is
around the corner
.
3
corner of a room/box
CORNER OF A ROOM/BOX
[
countable usually singular
]
CF
the place inside a room or box where two walls or sides meet
in the corner (of something)
There was an old piano in the corner of the living room.
corner table/seat
I reserved a corner table in my favourite restaurant.
4
mouth/eye
MOUTH
[
countable
]
HBH
the sides of your mouth or eyes
A tear appeared in the corner of his eye.
5
difficult situation
DIFFICULT SITUATION
[
singular
]
a difficult situation that you cannot easily escape from
back/box/force/push somebody into a corner
(=
put someone into a situation where they do not have any choices about what to do
)
Don’t let your enemies back you into a corner.
The writers have
painted themselves into a corner
by killing off all the most popular characters in the first series.
He found himself in a
tight corner
(=
a very difficult situation
)
looking for a way to get out.
6
sports
SPORT
[
countable
]
a)
DSF
kick or hit that one team is allowed to take from one of the corners of their opponent ’s end of the field
b)
DSO
boxing
or wrestling
round
s
any of the four corners of the area in which the competitors fight inor, especially one of the two corners where the competitors go in between
7
distant place
DISTANT PLACE
[
countable
]
FAR
distant place in another part of the world
corner of
She’s gone off to work in some remote corner of the world.
People came from
the four corners of the world
(=
from lots of different places
)
to make America their new home.
8
→
see something out of the corner of your eye
10
→
turn the corner
12
→
cut corners
13
→
cut a corner
→
kitty-corner
COLLOCATIONS
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Meaning 1: the point at which two lines or edges meet
adjectives
the top/bottom corner
The ball flew straight into the top corner of the net.
the left/left-hand corner
We followed the path to the left-hand corner of the field.
the right/right-hand corner
Put your address in the top right-hand corner of the page.
the southeast/northwest etc corner of something
I was staying in the southwest corner of the island.
the four corners of something
Each team was based in one of the four corners of the pool.
the far/opposite corner of something
(=
furthest from where you are
)
Something was moving in the far right corner of the garden.
a quiet corner
He sat on his own in a quiet corner of the library.
a shady corner
(=
protected from the sun – used about outdoor places
)
Plant the herbs in a shady corner of the garden.
COLLOCATIONS
–
Meaning 2:
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + corner
a tight/sharp corner
(=
very curved and difficult to drive around
)
Go slowly because there’s a sharp corner up ahead.
a blind corner
(=
one that you cannot see around
)
The car had come speeding around a blind corner much too fast.
a street corner
There’s a newspaper shop on the street corner.
verbs
turn the corner
(=
go around a corner
)
I walked on and turned the corner into Church Road.
come/go around a corner
At that moment, a police car came around the corner.
round a corner
(=
come around it
)
A tall good-looking man rounded the corner.
take a corner
(=
go around a corner in a car
)
He took the corner too fast and crashed into a tree.
disappear around a corner
We watched the two boys disappear around the corner.
cut a corner
(=
not go all around the edge of a corner
)
I crashed into a motorcyclist who had cut the corner.
stand on a corner
She stood on the corner saying goodnight to Michael.
