The Empire State Building and the old Altmans Deparment store are catercorner, at Fifth Avenue and East 34th Street, with the ESB at the southwest, and Altmans at the northeast.
Altmans is sited catercorner to the ESB.
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cater-corner — Not catty corner … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
cater-cornered — [kat′ə kôr΄nərd, kat′ēkôr΄nərd; ] esp.formerly [, kat′ərkôr΄nərd] adj. [ME cater, four (< OFr catre < L quattuor, FOUR) + CORNERED] diagonal adv. diagonally or obliquely: Also cater corner … English World dictionary
cater-cornered — /kat i kawr neuhrd, kat ee , kat euhr /, adj. 1. diagonal. adv. 2. diagonally. Also, catercorner, cater corner, catty corner, catty cornered, kitty corner, kitty cornered. [1830 40; dial. cater (adv.) diagonally (prob. to be identified with obs.… … Universalium
cater-cornered — [ keɪtəˌkɔ:nəd] (also cater corner, catty cornered, kitty corner) adjective & adverb N. Amer. situated diagonally opposite. Origin C19: from dialect cater diagonally , from cater denoting the four on dice, from Fr. quatre four , from L. quattuor … English new terms dictionary
cater-cornered — adj. & adv. (also cater corner, catty cornered) US adj. placed or situated diagonally. adv. diagonally. Etymology: dial. adv. cater diagonally (cf. obs. cater the four on dice f. F quatre f. L quattuor four) … Useful english dictionary
cater-cornered — adjective cater corner … Wiktionary
cater-cornered — From corner to corner; diagonal … Ballentine's law dictionary
kitty-corner — also catty corner or catercorner or kitty cornered or catty cornered or catercornered adverb or adjective Etymology: kitty corner alteration of cater corner, from obsolete cater four + corner Date: 1838 in a diagonal or oblique position < the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
kitty-corner — kitty .corner adv AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: cater corner] on the opposite corner of a street from a particular place kitty corner from/to ▪ The drugstore is kitty corner from the bank … Dictionary of contemporary English
bias catacorner cata-cornered catercorner cater-cornered catty-corner catty-cornered diagonal kitty-corner kitty-cornered oblique skew skewed slanted — nonparallel onparallel adj. 1. not parallel; of lines or linear objects. Opposite of {parallel}. [Narrower terms: {bias, catacorner, cata cornered, catercorner, cater cornered, catty corner, catty cornered, diagonal, kitty corner, kitty cornered … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
