| corner | | |
| n. (location) | 1. corner | a place off to the side of an area.; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean" |
| ~ area, country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).; "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" |
| n. (location) | 2. corner | the point where two lines meet or intersect.; "the corners of a rectangle" |
| ~ canthus | either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet. |
| ~ point | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. corner, nook | an interior angle formed by two meeting walls.; "a piano was in one corner of the room" |
| ~ amen corner | area reserved for persons leading the responsive `amens'. |
| ~ area | a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ chimney corner, inglenook | a corner by a fireplace. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. corner, street corner, turning point | the intersection of two streets.; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by" |
| ~ blind corner | a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving. |
| ~ carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection, crossing | a junction where one street or road crosses another. |
| n. (location) | 5. corner | the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect.; "the corners of a cube" |
| ~ point | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| n. (shape) | 6. corner, niche, recess, recession | a small concavity. |
| ~ pharyngeal recess | a small recess in the wall of the pharynx. |
| ~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
| n. (state) | 7. corner | a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade.; "a corner on the silver market" |
| ~ monopoly | (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like" |
| n. (state) | 8. box, corner | a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible.; "his lying got him into a tight corner" |
| ~ plight, predicament, quandary | a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one.; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" |
| n. (object) | 9. corner | a projecting part where two sides or edges meet.; "he knocked off the corners" |
| ~ part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
| n. (location) | 10. corner | a remote area.; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery" |
| ~ area, country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).; "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. corner, quoin | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone. |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| v. (social) | 12. corner | gain control over.; "corner the gold market" |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| v. (motion) | 13. corner, tree | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. |
| ~ channelise, channelize, guide, maneuver, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, direct | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. |
| v. (motion) | 14. corner | turn a corner.; "the car corners" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| molar | | |
| n. (body) | 1. grinder, molar | grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars. |
| ~ tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense. |
| ~ wisdom tooth | any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21). |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. molar | of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth.; "molar teeth" |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. molar | designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution. |
| adj. (pertain) | 4. molar | containing one mole of a substance.; "molar weight" |
| adj. | 5. molar | pertaining to large units of behavior.; "such molar problems of personality as the ego functions" |
| ~ psychological science, psychology | the science of mental life. |
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