DICTOMETER

ESQUINA (Spanish for "corner")

(corner, hjørne)

1. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   Definitions:
   • a place off to the side of an area
   Examples:
   • He tripled to the rightfield corner
   • The southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   Definitions:
   • the point where two lines meet or intersect
   Examples:
   • The corners of a rectangle
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   • Nook
   Definitions:
   • an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
   Examples:
   • A piano was in one corner of the room
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   • Street corner
   • Turning point
   Definitions:
   • the intersection of two streets
   Examples:
   • Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   Definitions:
   • the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
   Examples:
   • The corners of a cube
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Recess
   • Recession
   • Niche
   • Corner
   Definitions:
   • a small concavity
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   Definitions:
   • a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
   Examples:
   • A corner on the silver market
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   • Box
   Definitions:
   • a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
   Examples:
   • His lying got him into a tight corner
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   Definitions:
   • a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
   Examples:
   • He knocked off the corners
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Corner
    Definitions:
    • a remote area
    Examples:
    • In many corners of the world they still practice slavery
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Corner
    • Quoin
    Definitions:
    • (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building
    • especially one formed by a cornerstone
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   Definitions:
   • gain control over
   Examples:
   • Corner the gold market
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   • Tree
   Definitions:
   • force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Corner
   Definitions:
   • turn a corner
   Examples:
   • The car corners