Catercorner gets its first element from the Middle French noun quatre, meaning “four,” which English speakers modified to cater and applied to the four-dotted side of a die—a side …

Dec 21, 2025 · The Empire State Building and the old Altman's Department store are catercorner, at Fifth Avenue and East 34th Street, with the ESB at the southwest, and Altman's at the …

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(US, Canada) Of or pertaining to something at a diagonal to another; of four corners, those diagonal to another. The Empire State Building and the old Altman's Department store are …

2 meanings: 1. US and Canadian informal → another name for cater-cornered 2. US and Canadian informal → another name for.... Click for more definitions.

cater-corner Definition, Meaning & SynonymsExamples The café is cater-corner to the park entrance. She lives in the house cater-corner from mine. The bank is located cater-corner from …

catercorner Add to list Definitions of catercorner adjective slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line

Catercorner (adj. or adv.) refers to objects or positions that are situated diagonally across from each other, rather than directly next to or opposite to each other.

'Catercorner' means diagonal or oblique, and is used to describe something positioned diagonally across from something else.