corner

CEFRA1

/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place where two edges, sides, or streets meet.

  2. 02

    verb

    To force someone or something into a difficult position.

Examples

  • Could we have a table in the corner?

  • The man in the corner addressed himself to the husband.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

  2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.

  3. The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.

More examples

In context

  • There are small shops and pavement cafes around every corner.

  • Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.

  • The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). The sense of "angle, corner" in Old French is not found in Latin or other Romance languages. It was possibly calqued from Frankish *hurnijā (“corner, angle”), which is similar to, and derived from *hurn, the Frankish word for "horn". Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook,...