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CATER-CORNERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cater-cornered mean?
• CATER-CORNERED (adjective)
The adjective CATER-CORNERED has 1 sense:
1. slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
Familiarity information: CATER-CORNERED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
Synonyms:
cata-cornered; catacorner; cater-cornered; catercorner; catty-corner; catty-cornered; kitty-corner; kitty-cornered
Context example:
set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot
Similar:
oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled)
Context examples
Across the table from him, cater-cornered, at Mr. Morse's right, sat Judge Blount, a local superior court judge.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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