corner
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a place off to the side of an area
he tripled to the rightfield corner
Types & categories
- area hypernym
Sense 2 verb
gain control over
corner the gold market
Types & categories
- control hypernym
Related & opposite
- corner derivation
Sense 3 noun
the point where two lines meet or intersect
the corners of a rectangle
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
Types & categories
- maneuver hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
a piano was in one corner of the room
Types & categories
- area hypernym
- amen corner hyponym
- chimney corner hyponym
Parts & wholes
- building part holonym
Related & opposite
- tree derivation
Sense 6 verb
turn a corner
the car corners
Types & categories
- turn hypernym
Related & opposite
- street corner derivation
Sense 7 noun
the intersection of two streets
standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
Types & categories
- crossroad hypernym
- blind corner hyponym
Related & opposite
- corner derivation
Sense 8 noun
the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
the corners of a cube
Types & categories
- point hypernym
Related & opposite
- tree derivation
Sense 9 noun
a small concavity
Types & categories
- incurvation hypernym
- pharyngeal recess hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 noun
a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
a corner on the silver market
Types & categories
- monopoly hypernym
Related & opposite
- corner derivation
Sense 11 noun
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
his lying got him into a tight corner
Types & categories
- quandary hypernym
Related & opposite
- tree derivation
Sense 12 noun
a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
he knocked off the corners
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Sense 13 noun
a remote area
in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
Types & categories
- area hypernym
Sense 14 noun
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
Types & categories
- structure hypernym
Parts & wholes
- building part holonym
Related & opposite
- architecture domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | area |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | corner |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | canthus |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nook |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | corner |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | recession |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | box |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | maneuver |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tree |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | building |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | area |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | amen corner |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chimney corner |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | street corner |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | corner |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | crossroad |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | blind corner |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | tree |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | recess |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | recess |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | tree |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | incurvation |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | pharyngeal recess |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | corner |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | monopoly |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | tree |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | quandary |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | area |
| 14 | domain topic | Related & opposite | architecture |
| 14 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | building |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | structure |