2. cap, put the top or lid on, cover, close up, seal; plug, bung, stop,
corn, n. 1. Indian corn, (esp. technical and Brit.) maize; butter and sugar corn, sweet corn, U.S. green corn; corn on the cob, roasting ears, ears.
2. cereal grain, (in England) wheat, (in Scotland) oats.
-v. 3. brine, pickle, preserve or season or cure with salt, salt.
corner, n. 1. angle, bend, curve, crook, turn, twist, hook, elbow, knee.
2. convergence, convergency, intersection, crotch, fork, junction, juncture, joint, connection, meeting.
3. end, edge, margin, rim; verge, brink, brim, brow, hem; border, periphery, perimeter, limit, extremity, termination.
4. nook, crevice, cranny, recess, niche, private spot, secret place.
5. tight spot, pickle, bind, hole, embarrassing or awkward situation; cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, standstill, stalemate, deadlock.
6. region, part, area, place, quarter, district, section, Inf. neck of the woods.
-v. 7. drive or force into a corner, back into a corner, push into a corner, bring to bay; prevent passage, obstruct, choke off, block off.
8. (all of a stock or commodity) gain exclusive control of, corner the market on, monopolize, keep all to oneself, SI. hog, SI. bogart.
corny, adj. Informal, old-fashioned, trite, banal, hackneyed, stale, platitudinous, Inf. bromidic, insipid; mawkish, sentimental, weak, feeble, poor, sick, SI. sappy; simple, fatuous, inane, jejune; unsophisticated, SI. hokey, naVve, amateurish, unsubtle, SI. uncool,
corollary, n. conclusion, deduction, inference, illation; consequence, result, upshot, follow-up, fallout,
coronation, n. crowning, enthroning, enthronement, accession to the throne; investing, investiture, anointing, consecration, installation, inauguration,
coronet, n. crown, garland, wreath, chaplet; laurel, bay.
corporal, adj. bodily, corporeal, fleshly, incarnate, carnal, somatic, physical; earthly, material, substantial, tangible, palpable; concrete, real, true, actual,
corporation, n. company, trust, partnership, firm, house; merger, combine, conglomerate, multinational, multicompany; parent company, holding company,
corps, n. 1. military unit, cohort, division, regiment, battery, battalion, brigade; detachment, platoon, column, squad; squadron, escadrille, phalanx, wing.
2. body, troupe, crew, team, band, party; group, bunch, gang, pack, herd; crowd, throng, mob.
corpse, n. cadaver, SI. stiff, (of animals) carcass; skeleton, remains; earth, clay, dust, ashes; carrion,
corpulence, n. 1. fatness, fleshiness, obesity, obeseness, Fr. embonpoint, Pathol, adiposis, adiposity, corpulency; chubbines, tubbiness, paunchiness, pudginess, plumpness, roundedness, rotundity; paunch, potbelly, Inf. bay window, Inf. corporation, SI. pot, SI. beerbelly, SI. spare tire, Obs. gorbelly.
2. portliness, stoutness, burliness; hulk, bulk, bulkiness.