How do you use the word "corner" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "corner": Could we have a table in the corner? The man in the corner addressed himself to the husband.

Corner Meaning

/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

nounThe point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal., The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.

Sentence Examples

Could we have a table in the corner?

The man in the corner addressed himself to the husband.

There are small shops and pavement cafes around every corner.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

tree

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The cat hid in the dark ____ of the basement, waiting for mice.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Could we have a table in the ____?

Word Origin & History

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, corner”), itself related to horn.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too." — 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

"The Altay Mountains to the north prevent rain clouds from reaching the Gurbantünggüt Desert, which fills the center of the Junggar Basin in China's northwest corner." — 1982, The Desert Realm, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 221:

"Why, that’s the lady: all the world desires her; / From the four corners of the earth they come, / To kiss this shrine, this mortal-breathing saint:" — c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:

"Indian English is today one of the most widespread and abundantly used varieties of English, in extensive use not only throughout South Asia but in virtually every corner of the globe." — 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 248:

"It's not my oppression, it's not your oppression but rather our oppression. No one of us has a corner on oppression." — 1974 April 6, Sheri, “Women's Oppression and Separatism vs. Gay Liberation for All”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

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