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OF VEHICLE/DRIVER Affi; mJ^L 4 [V] (0r£) to go around a
comer ; #3^: The car
has excellent cornering (= it is easy to steer around corners). jk i% A
mm o
corner-back /'koinabaek; A/zAmE 'koimar-/ noun (in American
football H k $) a defending player whose position is outside and behind
the linebackers
'corner
kick (also
corner)
noun (in football (soccer) jg.$c) a free kick that you
take from the comer of your opponent’s end of the field
'corner shop noun (BrE) a small shop that
sells food, newspapers, cigarettes, etc., especially one near people’s houses (
corner-stone /'koinastaun; NAmE ’koimarstoun/ noun
1
(especially NAmE) a stone at the corner
of the base of a building, often laid in a special ceremony ; MMfj
2
the most important part of sth that the
rest depends
on ISfiilj; This
study is the corner
stone of the whole research
programme.
cornet /'koimt; NAmE 'koirnit/ noun 1 a brass
musical instrument like a small trumpet M
A? 2 (BrE, old- fashioned) = cone /?.(4): an ice-cream cornet
M'Si
cor-netto /koi'neteu; NAmE koir'netou/ noun (pi. cor-netti) (from Italian) an early musical instrument consisting
of a curved tube with holes in that you cover with your fingers while blowing
into the end Alf ^
<w-m&m)
'corn exchange noun (BrE) a building where grain used to be bought
and sold ( IBSt ) corn-field /'koinfiild; NAmE 'korrn-/ noun a field in which corn
is grown ; 3£Affl corn-flakes /'koinfleiks; NAmE 'ko:rn-/ noun [pi.] small crisp yellow pieces of crushed maize (corn), usually eaten with milk
and sugar for breakfast fa 3i ^ It ( il )
corn-flour /'ko:nflaua(r); NAmE 'ko:rn-/ (BrE) (NAmE corn-starch) noun [U] fine white flour made from maize (corn), used especially for
making sauces thicker ( f#
M )
corn-flower /'kD:nflaua(r); NAmE 'ko:m-/ noun a small wild plant with blue flowers A A cor-nice /'ko:ms; NAmE 'koirms/ noun
(architecture £|) a decorative border around the top of the walls
in a room or on the outside walls of a building P ; ;
—
picture o alcove
Corn-ish /'koimj; NAmE'koirmS/ noun, adj. mnoun [U] the Celtic
language that was spoken in
E )
m adj. connected with
corn-meal /'ko:nmi:l; NAmE 'koirn-/ noun [u] flour made
from maize (corn) 3£A$)
'corn
oil noun [U] oil
produced from maize (corn), used
in cooking iAftS ( )
.corn on the 'cob noun [U] maize
(corn) that is cooked with all the grains still attached to the inner
part and eaten as a vegetable —picture
c>
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'corn
pone (also
pone)
(both
corn-rows /'kornrauz; NAmE 'koirnrouz/ noun [pi.] a hairstyle
worn especially by black women, in which the hair is put into lines of plaits along the head ( X JaHA&AM ) — picture o hair
corn-starch /’komstartj; NAmE 'ko:msta:rtJ7 noun [U] (NAmE) = CORNFLOUR
corn 'syrup noun [U] a thick sweet
liquid made from corn (maize) and
used in cooking 31AM^ cornucopia /.koinju'kaupia; NAmE .koimju'koupia/ noun 1 (also ,hom of 'plenty) a decorative object
shaped like an animal’s horn, shown in art as full of fruit and flowers , A&ft 1* ( zTAAn0B
MiMVH ) 2 (formal) something
that is or contains a
large supply of good things A®; AW; A %£ : The book is a cornucopia of good ideas.
corny /'ka:ni;
NAmE 'koirni/ adj. (corn-ier,
corni-est) (informal) not original; used too often to be
interesting or to sound sincere 10 %
a cornyjoke/song / Sfcffi 0 I
know it sounds corny, but
it really was love at first sight!
cor olla /ka’mla; NAmE -'raila; -'roula/ noun (biology A)
the ring of petals around the
central part of a flower
cor ol lary /ka'rnlari; NAmE 'kairaleri; 'ka:r-/ noun (pi. -ies) ~ (of/to sth) (formal or technical Ain) a situation, an
argument or a fact that is the natural and direct result of another one )
cor-ona /ka'rauna; NAmE -'rou-/ noun (pi. co-ro-nae /-ni:/) (astronomy A)
(also informal halo) a ring of light seen
around the sun or moon, especially during an eclipse
) BH, BA, m
cor on ary /'kDranri; NAmE 'kairaneri/ adj. (medical E)
connected with the heart, particularly the arteries
that take blood to the heart : coronary
(heart) disease )|oa coronary patient
(= sb suffering from coronary disease)
B%
.coronary 'artery noun (anatomy ft?)
either of the two arteries that
supply blood to the heart 73$^&K .coronary throm'bosis (also informal cor-on-ary) noun (medical E) a blocking of the
flow of blood by a blood clot in
an artery supplying blood to the
heart — compare heart attack
cor-on-ation /.kDra'neiJn; NAmE ,ko:r-/ noun a ceremony at which a
crown is formally placed on the head
of a new king or queen
SnUftlL .coronation 'chicken noun [u] a cold dish
consisting of chicken in a sauce made with apricots,
spices, and cream )
cor-on-er /'kDrana(r); NAmE 'ka:r-/ noun an official whose job
is to discover the cause of any sudden, violent or suspicious death by holding
an inquest i&F/f
cor-onet /'kDranet; NAmE .koira'net; ,ka:r-/ noun 1 a small crown worn on
formal occasions by princes, princesses, lords, etc. ( 3EA,
2 a round decoration for the head,
especially one made of flowers (
Corp. abbr. Corporation cor-pora pi. of
corpus
cor-poral /'korparal; NAmE 'ko:rp-/ noun (abbr. CpI) a member of one of the
lower ranks in the army, the marines
or the British air force (PSA, 7§A PS$clA ) T±: Corporal Smith rT± .corporal 'punishment noun [U] the physical punishment of people,
especially by hitting them ; ^1M cor-por-ate /'koiparat; NAmE 'koirp-/ adj. [only before noun]
1 connected
with a corporation ^ : corporate finance/planning/strategy
A / if /
i^sS- o corporate identity (= the image of a
company, that all its members share) Am&Ht o corporate hospitality
(= when companies entertain customers to help develop
good business relationships)
IS# 2 (technical Ai§) forming a corporation SJSfcA ^] ( 5^0 A ) WA^J: The BBC is a corporate body.
o The law applies to
both individuals and corporate bodies. tfeiSh] A)^A0Ao 3 involving or shared by
all the