cater

Meanings

Plural: caters

Verb

give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
To provide
To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.
To provide
To provide anything required or desired, often (derogatory) to pander.
To provide
To tailor something to an intended audience.
To provide, particularly
To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.

Noun

Synonym of acater: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate.
Synonym of caterer: any provider of food.
Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything.
Four.
The four of cards or dice.
A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell.

Adv

Diagonally.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English catour (“acater, provisioner”), aphetic form of acatour (“acater”), from Old French acater (“to buy, to purchase”). Equivalent to cate + -er.

Synonyms

acater, caterer, ply, provide, purveyor, supply

Scrabble Score: 7

cater is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cater is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cater is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

cater is a valid Words With Friends word