Results for "corners
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corners
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "corner", "results": [{"partOf": ["edifice", "building"], "typeOf": ["area"], "examples": ["a piano was in one corner of the room"], "hasTypes": ["inglenook", "chimney corner", "amen corner"], "synonyms": ["nook"], "definition": "an interior angle formed by two meeting walls", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["incurvation", "concavity", "concave shape", "incurvature"], "hasTypes": ["pharyngeal recess"], "synonyms": ["niche", "recess", "recession"], "definition": "a small concavity", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["predicament", "quandary", "plight"], "examples": ["his lying got him into a tight corner"], "synonyms": ["box"], "definition": "a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["crossway", "crossroad", "carrefour", "intersection", "crossing"], "examples": ["standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"], "hasTypes": ["blind corner"], "synonyms": ["street corner", "turning point"], "definition": "the intersection of two streets", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["channelise", "channelize", "direct", "guide", "head", "maneuver", "manoeuver", "manoeuvre", "point", "steer"], "synonyms": ["tree"], "definition": "force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"partOf": ["edifice", "building"], "typeOf": ["construction", "structure"], "synonyms": ["quoin"], "definition": "(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone", "inCategory": ["architecture"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["country", "area"], "examples": ["he tripled to the rightfield corner", "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"], "definition": "a place off to the side of an area", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["piece", "part"], "examples": ["he knocked off the corners"], "definition": "a projecting part where two sides or edges meet", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["country", "area"], "examples": ["in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"], "definition": "a remote area", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["monopoly"], "examples": ["a corner on the silver market"], "definition": "a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["control", "command"], "examples": ["corner the gold market"], "definition": "gain control over", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["point"], "examples": ["the corners of a cube"], "definition": "the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["point"], "examples": ["the corners of a rectangle"], "hasTypes": ["canthus"], "definition": "the point where two lines meet or intersect", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["turn"], "examples": ["the car corners"], "definition": "turn a corner", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}], "frequency": 4.66, "syllables": {"list": ["cor", "ner"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'kɔrnər"}}