catercorner
- adjective
- /ˈkætərˌkɔrnər/
- US
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diagonal
- The two buildings stood catercorner across the busy intersection.
Examples
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Our apartment is catercorner to the park, so it's easy to walk there.
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The bakery is catercorner from the post office on Main Street.
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The bank is located catercorner to the grocery store.
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My house is catercorner from the park.
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The bakery is catercorner from the post office on Main Street.
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Our apartment is catercorner to the park, so it's easy to walk there.
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The two buildings stood catercorner across the busy intersection.
Synonyms
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7.9
At an angle across the corner of a street or room
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7.9
Diagonally across the street from another place
Diagonally across the street at the opposite corner from another building
At a corner diagonally across an intersection from another place
On the opposite corner from a place like a shop or house
A place diagonally across an intersection from another place
Placed diagonally across from something at the opposite corner
Surface Forms
Etymology
Catercorner comes from an old word cater meaning 'four' plus corner, so it meant the opposite corner of a square or street. That's why catercorner means 'diagonally across' from something, and you may also hear it as 'catty-corner' or 'kitty-corner'.