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Meanings of corner in English

Portuguese
nicho
Catalan
buit
Spanish
hueco

A small concavity.

nicho
Portuguese
chanfro
Catalan
cantonada
Spanish
esquina de calle

The intersection of two streets.

chanfro
Portuguese
quina
Catalan
angle
Spanish
rincón

An interior angle formed by two meeting walls.

quina

A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible.

Usage of corner in English
1
As a result, David Breen moves out to the right corner forward.
The Irish Times
2
The voice of the tall stranger in the corner broke in here:
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
3
Request corner room 814 on the top floor for a great view.
The Guardian
4
We've come to the street corner where reality and virtual reality meet.
Wired
5
Arsenal win a corner after good work by Smicer on the left.
The Guardian
6
The sun was streaming in through the little window in the corner.
Gritli's Children
7
He opened his account after seven minutes by converting a penalty corner.
The Irish Times
8
Quite why Italy were drawn into the corner game was less clear.
The Guardian
9
Avoiding the falling water, David crossed the floor to the far corner.
Alien: Covenant
10
A corner office, a house in the 'burbs, government holidays, and insurance.
Shift
11
The disk in the corner represents the comparative size of the earth.
The New Heavens
12
Every sector of our economy, every corner of our country, will benefit.
News.com.au
13
In the upper right corner is Copernicus, about fifty miles in diameter.
The New Heavens
14
This study brings into question implant reliability for the four-corner fusion procedure.
Pubmed
15
In the evening Montgomery joined Cartwright in a corner of the smoking-room.
Lister's Great Adventure
16
A corner three by Galloway soon increased the Pistons' lead to 12.
Reuters
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