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the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by" force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape turn a corner; "the car corners" a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market" a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner" a projecting part that is corner-shaped; "he knocked off the corners" the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube" a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery" a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye" the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle" an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone gain control over; "corner the gold market" a small concavity |
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