coaster

[ koh-ster ]

/ ˈkoʊ stər /

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noun

a person or thing that coasts.

a small dish, tray, or mat, especially for placing under a glass to protect a table from moisture.

a ship engaged in coastwise trade.

a sled for coasting.

a tray for holding a decanter to be passed around a dining table.

roller coaster.

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Origin of coaster

First recorded in 1565–75; coast + -er¹

Words nearby coaster

coast, coastal, coastal plain, coast artillery, coasteering, coaster, coaster brake, Coast Guard, coast-guard cutter, coastguardsman, coasting lead

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How to use coaster in a sentence

It acts as a coaster, prevents scratches, and can protect your wrists from sharp corners if you don’t use a wrist rest with your keyboard.
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Roller coasters at the local Six Flags amusement park became submerged.
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“It’s been a bit of an emotional roller coaster,” Stack Morgan says.
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As many have speculated, the options did play a role in the roller coaster rally that followed—but probably not for the reason some traders think, especially if they haven’t accounted for changes in how trading firms hedge meme stocks.
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The 12-mile Upper Gauley is remote and packed with more than 50 rapids in an almost nonstop roller coaster of whitewater.
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They're made to make a lot of money and to get teenagers in a kind of experience, a roller coaster ride.
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His cadence is a steady beat rather than a roller coaster, and his words sparing and simple.
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Vessyl has a non-stick interior and comes with a spill-proof lid and coaster-like charger.
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His Wednesday is going to be a roller-coaster ride from Rush Limbaugh to Fox to Laura Ingraham to who knows what.
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Some saw their donation as a ticket to a theme park roller coaster ride.
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The old coaster sent a quick, anxious look down the river, and saw at once that there was no chance of reaching the bank.
Overland|John William De Forest
The lazaret of a coaster is a storeroom under the quarter-deck—repository of general odds and ends and spare equipment.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
Toward dusk came the sharp command for the men to march aboard the coaster that had drawn up for them.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
The coaster had landed them at Otranto, where Bowes promptly engaged a private stable for his master.
The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 41, May, 1894|Various
Skipper of a coaster in his early days, he had never outgrown the habit of pitching his voice to carry above a fifty-mile gale.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine|Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for coaster (1 of 2)

coaster

/ (ˈkəʊstə) /

noun

British a vessel or trader engaged in coastal commerce

a small tray, sometimes on wheels, for holding a decanter, wine bottle, etc

a person or thing that coasts

a protective disc or mat for glasses or bottles

US short for roller coaster

Western African a European resident on the coast

British Dictionary definitions for coaster (2 of 2)

Coaster

/ (ˈkəʊstə) /

noun

NZ a person from the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand

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