cateringn.
/ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/ Purveying of food or other requisites.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering
vitaillement1453
victualling1534
sutlery1606
opsonation1623
catering1820
food service1847
sutlerage1854
sutlership1864
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 93 I..scarce dare On such a catering trust my dizzy head.
1828 J. T. Rutt in T. Burton Diary III. 163 (note) Diligent..catering for the intellectual palates of his readers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
cateringadj.
/ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/ That caters; concerned with catering.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > supplying food or catering
trophophoric1892
catering1923
1923 Glasgow Herald 21 Mar. 11 A large London catering firm.
1951 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VII. 88/1 The catering industry in this country is specially interesting, for the way in which it reflects social and economic changes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
> as lemmas
ˈcatering
ˈcatering adj.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > diagonal
diagonal?1541
diagonic1592
diagonial1624
cater-cornered1838
catering1875
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Catering, slanting, from corner to corner.
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