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four corners

four corners noun: the face of a document or its contents, considered without reference to any outside information.

Noun

four corners pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The face of a document or its contents, considered without reference to any outside information.
    • If Republicans don't think it's a coup or doesn't fit this definition of a coup in all four corners then I'd love to hear what they would call it.2020 December 1, Charles Joseph Scarborough, “Morning Joe for December 1, 2020” (1:23:00 from the start), in Morning Joe, via MSNBC
  2. (US, plural, plural-only, slang) A major intersection and/or economic center in a town.
    • You would say, in an American town, you say it's four corners, where...where a bunch of places come together.2023 January 16, Dan Carlin, “Twilight of the Aesir” (2:37:17 from the start), in Hardcore History

Proper noun capitalized: Four Corners

Four Corners

  1. (preceded by the) The quadripoint at the borders of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, and the region surrounding it.
    • Driving north from Gallup, New Mexico, on State Route 491 toward the Four Corners Monument, one passes through the vast, arid lands of the eastern Navajo Nation.2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN
  2. A locality in the Edward River council area and the Murrumbidgee council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A type of patience card game.

Words formed from four corners

Questions about four corners

What does four corners mean?
Four corners means the face of a document or its contents, considered without reference to any outside information.
What part of speech is four corners?
Four corners can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near four corners in the dictionary

  1. Four Classic Novels
  2. four color
  3. four color problem
  4. four color theorem
  5. four colors
  6. four corners
  7. Four Corners virus
  8. Four Crosses
  9. four door house
  10. four door houses
  11. four eyes

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