noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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.
General-American:/ˈɹæstɚ/
Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈɹɑːstə(ɹ)/
rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
rhymes with -ɑːstə(ɹ)
homophone: rasta(in some pronunciations)
CMU ARPABET:R AE1 S T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image projected on a cathode-ray tube of a television set or display screen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract