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THREE-CORNERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does three-cornered mean?
• THREE-CORNERED (adjective)
The adjective THREE-CORNERED has 2 senses:
1. having three corners
2. involving a group or set of three
Familiarity information: THREE-CORNERED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having three corners
Context example:
a three-cornered hat
Similar:
angular; angulate (having angles or an angular shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Involving a group or set of three
Context example:
a three-cornered race
Similar:
many-sided; multilateral (having many parts or sides)
Context examples
The canvas was heavy and hard, and she sewed with the regular sailor’s palm and three-cornered sail-needle.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Just glance at your draggled skirts, for instance. Look at those three-cornered tears. And such a waist!
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Under the dripping bare lilac trees a large open car was coming up the drive. It stopped. Daisy's face, tipped sideways beneath a three-cornered lavender hat, looked out at me with a bright ecstatic smile.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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