"Corner" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Corners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Corners}} Corner (countable and uncountable, plural Corners)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Corner-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, at the "corner" of three counties. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Alabama, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Alabama, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Corner-en-name-76Ry3rk3
  3. A township in Custer County, Nebraska, United States; it is in the north-east corner of the county. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Nebraska, USA, Places in the United States, Townships
    Sense id: en-Corner-en-name-4MJj3vos

Proper name

Forms: the Corner [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1}} the Corner
  1. Short for Hyde Park Corner. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Hyde Park Corner
    Sense id: en-Corner-en-name-24dWlZZn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 9 46 29
  2. (by extension, archaic, colloquial) The Tattersalls horse repository and betting rooms, originally located at Hyde Park Corner. Tags: archaic, broadly, colloquial
    Sense id: en-Corner-en-name-d7Hyd2tm

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Corner meaning in English (4.5kB)

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