catering
(noun) providing food and services
Source: WordNet® 3.1
catering (countable and uncountable, plural caterings)
(uncountable, UK) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
(uncountable, US) The business of providing such services for special occasions.
(countable) The act of one who caters (to something).
catering
present participle of cater
• argentic, citrange, creating, creƤting, reacting, reƤcting
Source: Wiktionary
Ca"ter, n. Etym: [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator, fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare; L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Cf. Acater, Capacious.]
Definition: A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ca"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Catered; p. pr. & vb. n. Catering.] Etym: [From Cater, n.]
1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions. [He] providently caters for the sparrow. Shak.
2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.
Ca"ter, n. Etym: [F. quatre four.]
Definition: The four of cards or dice.
Ca"ter, v. t.
Definition: To cut diagonally. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; āa square peg in a round holeā; āa square cornerā
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetiĆØre consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
