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corner

 
/ˈkɔr·nər/ n [C]

Definition

the point or angle formed when two lines or surfaces meet: the corner of a table We could put that chair in the far corner of the room. A corner is also a place where two streets meet: I’ll meet you at the corner of Pine and Market at 7:30. A corner can also be a part or area of a place: They lived in a remote corner of Wyoming.
(Definition of corner n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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