(US, Canada) Alternative form of catty-corner: catercorner.

Conducted in secret; clandestine.

(UK) A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items such as newspapers, sweets and stationery, and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

(usually in the plural) A tight and precise method of tucking a sheet or blanket under the edges of a mattress, so as to form crisp folds at the corners of the bed.

(idiomatic) imminent; very soon / (idiomatic) close, local, very near

Alternative spelling of cornerstone

plural of corner-stone

(idiomatic) To pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger. / In the game of cribbage, to reach the point at which one is safe from being lurched.

plural of corner shop

(mathematics, economics) A solution to a minimization or maximization problem where an interior solution is infeasible.