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| corner |
A corner is the point where two lines, sides, edges, or walls meet. [3 definitions] |
| diagonal |
joining one corner to the opposite corner of a square, rectangle, or other flat shape with straight sides. [1/3 definitions] |
| New England |
the six states in the northeastern corner of the United States; Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. |
| New York |
a city in the southeast corner of this state; New York City. [1/2 definitions] |
| New York City |
a metropolis in the southeast corner of New York State. |
| nook |
a corner of a room or a small area set off from a main room. |
| round |
When a car rounds a corner, it goes around the corner. [1/11 definitions] |
| same |
If you see the same dog on the corner every day, that exact dog is the one that you see each day. It is never a different dog. If your parents always like to eat at the same restaurant, they usually go there to eat and not to some other place. [1/3 definitions] |
| scene |
A scene is the place where some event takes place. If the scene of an accident is the corner of Oak Street and Maple Street, it means that that corner is the place where the accident happened. [1/5 definitions] |
| straight |
When a picture is straight, one corner is not higher than the other. [1/7 definitions] |
| subject |
A subject is one of the main parts of a sentence. A subject can be one word or more. In the sentence "My dad told me a joke," the subject is "my dad." "My dad" is the subject because it is "my dad" who does the action of telling the joke. In the sentence "The red house on the corner is my house," the subject is "the red house on the corner." It is the subject because it is what the rest of the sentence is describing. [1/10 definitions] |
| whose |
If you say "I know the people whose house is on the corner" you mean something like "I know the people that the house on the corner belongs to." [1/2 definitions] |
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