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baster

/ˈbeɪstə//ˈbeɪstɚ/

baster noun: one who bastes.

baster: one who bastes
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Noun (1)

baster (plural basters)

  1. One who bastes.
  2. A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
    • Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots

Noun (2) capitalized: Baster

Baster (plural Basters)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    Rehobother

Synonyms of baster

Forms of baster

pluralbasters
pluralBasters
alternative formBaaster

Origin of baster

From baste + -er.

Derived from the Dutch word for "bastard" (i.e. crossbreed), due to their mixed ethnic origin; see Dutch bastaard.

Words that rhyme with baster

Questions about baster

What does baster mean?
Baster means one who bastes.
What part of speech is baster?
Baster is a noun.
How do you pronounce baster?
Baster is pronounced /ˈbeɪstɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of baster?
The plural of baster is basters.

Words near baster in the dictionary

  1. basted
  2. basted up
  3. bastee
  4. bastees
  5. bastegh
  6. baster
  7. basterd
  8. basterds
  9. Basterland
  10. basters
  11. bastes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baster (page history and authors); Baster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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