corner in WordNet English dictionary

1. a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
   "his lying got him into a tight corner"
   corner  box 
   
2. the intersection of two streets
   "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
   corner  street corner  turning point 
   
3. (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
   corner  quoin 
   
4. an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
   "a piano was in one corner of the room"
   corner  nook 
   
5. the point where two lines meet or intersect
   "the corners of a rectangle"
   corner 
   
6. the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
   "the corners of a cube"
   corner 
   
7. a place off to the side of an area
   "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
   corner 
   
8. a remote area
   "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
   corner 
   
9. a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
   "he knocked off the corners"
   corner 
   
10. a small concavity
    recess  recession  niche  corner 
    
11. a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
    "a corner on the silver market"
    corner 
    

1. turn a corner
   "the car corners"
   corner 
   
2. force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
   corner  tree 
   
3. gain control over
   "corner the gold market"
   corner