(US, Canada) Of or pertaining to something at a diagonal to another; of four corners, those diagonal to another.

(US, Canada) Diagonally across from.

(Christianity) One who practices catechesis, i.e., catechizes catechumens; a teacher who instructs students in the doctrines of a particular Christian denomination typically in preparation for confirmation.

The catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca. / A light sparkling wine made from this kind of grape.

(fishing) A variety of angling where the fish are released after capture, as a conservation measure.

Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance.

(US, slang) To become slightly inebriated, but not yet quite drunk.

an eye-catching person or thing

visually attractive / that attracts the attention; attention-grabbing

(chemistry) a catalyst that preferentially catalyses the formation of one of a pair of stereoisomers, or one of a set of stereoisomeric polymers