ˈkɔɹnɚ ˈkɔːnə(ɹ) ˈkɔɹnɚ ˈkɔːnə(ɹ) nɪt͡ʃ nʊk kɔɪn ˈɹiː.sɛs ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩ tɹiː tɹi turn a corner the car corners force a person or an animal into a position from which they cannot escape gain control over corner the gold market the intersection of two streets standing on the corner watching all the girls go by (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone an interior angle formed by two meeting walls a piano was in one corner of the room the point where two lines meet or intersect the corners of a rectangle a place off to the side of an area he tripled to the rightfield corner the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean a remote area in many corners of the world they still practice slavery the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect the corners of a cube a projecting part where two sides or edges meet he knocked off the corners a small concavity a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible his lying got him into a tight corner a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade a corner on the silver market