CORNERS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a small concavity

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

Example: his lying got him into a tight corner

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

Example: a corner on the silver market

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

the intersection of two streets

Example: standing on the corner watching all the girls go by

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building

Example: especially one formed by a cornerstone

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

an interior angle formed by two meeting walls

Example: a piano was in one corner of the room

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

the point where two lines meet or intersect

Example: the corners of a rectangle

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

a place off to the side of an area

Example: he tripled to the rightfield corner; the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Noun

a remote area

Example: in many corners of the world they still practice slavery

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Noun

the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

Example: the corners of a cube

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Noun

a projecting part where two sides or edges meet

Example: he knocked off the corners

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

turn a corner

Example: the car corners

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Verb

force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Verb

gain control over

Example: corner the gold market