catercorner

• Adjektiv, das im amerikanischen Englisch verwendet wird, um etwas zu beschreiben, das diagonal von einem anderen Objekt liegt, oft in Bezug auf Gebäude oder Räume an einer Kreuzung.

An adjective used in American English to describe something that is situated diagonally across from something else.

1. Diagonal positionC1informalamerican

   Situated diagonally across a space, such as a room or intersection.

   Diagonal gegenüberliegend

   • The grocery store is catercorner to the post office.
   • They sat at a table catercorner to the entrance.
   • The house is located catercorner from the park.

   Synonymecatty-cornercatty-cornereddiagonalkitty-cornerkitty-cornered