noun
Meaning 1
One who bastes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
baster
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Pronunciation
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US: /ˈbeɪstɚ/
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UK: /ˈbeɪstə/
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rhymes with -eɪstə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A member of an ethnic group comprising the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. They live largely in Namibia, in and around the town of Rehoboth.
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noun
Meaning 4
a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cooking utensil, cookware
noun
Meaning 5
a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tacker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sewer
noun
Meaning 6
a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: roaster
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English baste Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English baster From baste + -er.
Derived from the Dutch word for "bastard" (i.e. crossbreed), due to their mixed ethnic origin; see Dutch bastaard.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: valelija — one who bastes
- Finnish: liemipumppu — tool for basting
- German: Arrosier-Pipette — tool for basting
- Spanish: cuentagotas — tool for basting
- Spanish: pera — tool for basting
- Spanish: inyector — tool for basting
- Spanish: jeringa culinaria — tool for basting
- Spanish: bombilla — tool for basting
- Spanish: gotero — tool for basting