Crook's Corner — Als Crook’s Corner wird ein Platz auf einer Landzunge im äußersten Norden des Kruger Nationalparks (in der „Makuleke Concession“) am Zusammenfluss der Flüsse Limpopo und Luvuvhu, der das Dreiländereck Südafrika Simbabwe Mosambik markiert,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Crook County Bank Building — U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
Crook County, Oregon — Crook County Courthouse in Prineville … Wikipedia
corner — [n1] angle bend, branch, cloverleaf, crook, crossing, edge, fork, intersection, joint, junction, projection, ridge, rim, shift, V*, veer, Y*; concepts 436,484,513 corner [n2] niche angle, cavity, compartment, cranny, hideaway, hide out, hole,… … New thesaurus
crook — early 13c., hook shaped instrument or weapon, from O.N. krokr hook, corner, cognate with O.H.G. kracho hooked tool, of obscure origin but perhaps related to a widespread group of Germanic kr words meaning bent, hooked. Meaning swindler is… … Etymology dictionary
Crook of Devon — The River Devon approaching Crook of Devon Crook of Devon is a village within the parish of Fossoway in Perthshire. It is located about 6 miles southwest of Kinross on the A977. Until relatively recently the official name of the village was… … Wikipedia
corner — Synonyms and related words: L, a corner on, aberrancy, aberration, absorb, alcove, angle, apex, asylum, bay, bear raid, bend, bias, bifurcation, bight, blind alley, bolt hole, bother, bottle up, box, branching off, bull raid, buy, buy back, buy… … Moby Thesaurus
corner — 1. noun 1) the cart lurched around the corner Syn: bend, curve, crook, dog leg; turn, turning, jog, junction, fork, intersection; hairpin turn 2) a charming corner of Italy Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
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,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
crook — [12] A crook ‘criminal’ is almost literally a ‘bent’ person. The underlying meaning of the word is ‘bend, curve, hook’, as can be seen in other applications such as ‘shepherd’s staff with a crooked end’, and particularly in the derivative crooked … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
