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Definition of corner:

A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line.

Synonyms:

bind, tree, ceding back, coming, ridge, boxful, turning point, branch, junction, hot water, coign, time out, turn, scrape, predicament, niche, pickle, Dutch, edge, dilemma, deep water, boxwood, deferral, break, impending, veer, plight, fix, imminent, loge, near, ecological niche, shoetree, control, curve, approaching, receding, easy, fork, watershed, street corner, projection, shift, inlet, spot, difficulty, recession, trouble, jam, coigne, recess, crossing, respite, quoin, angle, hot spot, bend, nook, intersection, landmark, box seat, rim, convenient, owned, quagmire, soup, monopoly, close, box, hole, recessional, indentation.

acquire (part of speech: verb)
- net,
- pocket,
- accumulate,
- procure,
- land,
- take,
- fetch,
- claim,
- amass,
- get,
- obtain,
- garner,
- heap,
- incur,
- score,
- receive,
- harvest,
- buy,
- wrangle,
- win,
- collect,
- acquire,
- secure,
- add,
- assume,
- annex,
- retrieve,
- lure,
- reap,
- catch,
- capture,
- palm,
- bag,
- purchase
nook (part of speech: noun)
- cranny,
- cubbyhole,
- cove,
- alcove,
- niche,
- recess,
- nook
difficulty (part of speech: noun)
- hole,
- difficulty,
- predicament,
- impasse

Usage examples:

Let me see; that corner behind the writing- table- no one can see them there.

- "Lover or Friend", Rosa Nouchette Carey.
It stopped at every street corner, or so it appeared to Bet Baxter.

- "The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan", Lizette M. Edholm.
You have changed your opinion, I hope, about that bit of land- that corner at the end of my garden?

- "The Parent's Assistant", Maria Edgeworth.