baster

¹

[ bey-ster ]

noun

, Sewing.

1. a person or thing that bastes. baste.

baster

²

[ bey-ster ]

noun

1. a person who bastes baste meat or other food.
2. a large glass, plastic, or metal tube with a rubber bulb at one end and a small opening at the other, to be filled with butter, drippings, etc., for basting baste basting food as it is cooking.

Word History and Origins

Origin of baster¹

First recorded in 1880–85; baste ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of baster²

First recorded in 1515–25; baste ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

They were given a hand-drawn booklet that taught lesbians how to inseminate themselves using a turkey baster.

From The Daily Beast

We owe to Baster the knowledge of a beautiful and large species, which inhabits the body of the halibut.

From Project Gutenberg

Her fresh buxom face, flushed with the heat of the room and with exertion, shone full upon the young baster.

From Project Gutenberg

The fabric was held vertically by a baster plate in a manner similar to the Howe machine.

From Project Gutenberg

The length of each stitching operation depended upon the length of the baster plate, and the seams were necessarily straight.

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When the end of the baster plate reached the position of the needle, the machine was stopped.

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