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Catering

/ˈkeɪt(ə)ɹɪŋ/

To provide, particularly:

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📖 Definitions of "Catering"

verb

1
To provide, particularly:

verb

1
To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.

noun

1
The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
2
The business of providing such services for special occasions.
3
The act of one who caters (to something).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Catering"

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Word	Definition
plyverb	A layer of material.
supplynoun	(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
provideverb	To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
dining-roomnoun	Alternative form of dining room. [A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.]
foodservicenoun	The business of providing food and related services.
diningnoun	Eating dinner as a social function.
canteennoun	A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
cafeterianoun	(chiefly US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
mealnoun	(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
restaurantnoun	An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
lunchnoun	A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
kitchennoun	A room or area for preparing food.
gastronomic	Of or pertaining to gastronomy.
culinary	Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
gastronomynoun	The art of preparing and eating good food.
cuisinenoun	(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
cookingnoun	(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
feedingnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of giving food.
foodnoun	(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
potablenoun	(formal) Good for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning.