Definition of corner

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• corner is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• corner is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• corner is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of corner

• an interior angle formed by two meeting walls (noun)

  Examples

  1. a piano was in one corner of the room

  Synonyms

  1. nook
• a small concavity (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. niche
  2. recess
  3. recession
• a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible (noun)

  Examples

  1. his lying got him into a tight corner

  Synonyms

  1. box
• the intersection of two streets (noun)

  Examples

  1. standing on the corner watching all the girls go by

  Synonyms

  1. street corner
  2. turning point
• force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. tree
• (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. quoin
• a place off to the side of an area (noun)

  Examples

  1. he tripled to the rightfield corner
  2. the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
• a projecting part where two sides or edges meet (noun)

  Examples

  1. he knocked off the corners
• a remote area (noun)

  Examples

  1. in many corners of the world they still practice slavery
• a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade (noun)

  Examples

  1. a corner on the silver market
• gain control over (verb)

  Examples

  1. corner the gold market
• the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect (noun)

  Examples

  1. the corners of a cube
• the point where two lines meet or intersect (noun)

  Examples

  1. the corners of a rectangle
• turn a corner (verb)

  Examples

  1. the car corners

See definition of corner in Merriam Webster