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cater-corneredenUK
cat·er-cor·nered C0161100 (kăt′ər-kôr′nərd, kăt′ē-) also cat·er-cor·ner (-nər) or cat·ty-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·ner (kăt′ē-) or kit·ty-cor·nered or kit·ty-cor·ner (kĭt′ē-)adj. Diagonal.adv. In a diagonal position.
[From obsolete cater, four at dice, from Middle English, from Old French catre, four, from Latin quattuor; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]cater-cornered (ˈkætəˌkɔːnəd) adj, advinformal US and Canadian diagonally placed; diagonal. Also: catty-cornered, kitty-cornered, cater-corner or catty-corner [C16 cater, from dialect cater (adv) diagonally, from obsolete cater (n) four-spot of dice, from Old French quatre four, from Latin quattuor]cat•er-cor•nered (ˈkæt ɪˌkɔr nərd, ˈkæt i-, ˈkæt ər-) also cat′er-cor`ner,
adj. 1. diagonal. adv. 2. diagonally. [1830–40; obsolete cater four < Middle French quatre < Latin quattuor] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | cater-cornered - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-corneredoblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" |
Translationscater-corneredenUK
Synonyms for cater-corneredadj slanted across a polygon on a diagonal lineSynonyms- catacorner
- cata-cornered
- catercorner
- catty-corner
- catty-cornered
- kitty-corner
- kitty-cornered
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