Standard Lemma guide

paster

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -eɪstə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who, or that which, pastes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A diagram of the circuitry of a telephone, glued inside the telephone itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

an adhesive label

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gummed label, sticker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: label

Narrower terms: bookplate, ex libris

6

noun

Meaning 6

a workman who pastes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Old French pastebor. Middle English paste English paste English -er English paster From paste + -er.