cater

/หˆkeษชdษš/

IPA: /K EY1 T ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    Caterer

verb
  1. 1

    To provide, particularly:

noun
  1. 1

    A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.

  2. 2

    A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.

noun
  1. 1

    Someone who supplies what is needed, especially food.

    โ€œThe merchants are the purveyors of fine selections.โ€

  2. 2

    An officer who provided provisions for the king's household.

  3. 3

    A procurer; a pimp.

Synonyms

verb
  1. 1

    To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.

adverb
  1. 1

    Diagonally.

noun
  1. 1

    Four.

  2. 2

    The four of cards or dice.

  3. 3

    A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acater, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cater, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caterer, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purveyor