BASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baster mean? 

• BASTER (noun)
  The noun BASTER has 3 senses:

1. a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy

2. a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches

3. a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat

  Familiarity information: BASTER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("baster" is a kind of...):

roaster (a cook who roasts food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

baster; tacker

Hypernyms ("baster" is a kind of...):

sewer (someone who sews)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("baster" is a kind of...):

cooking utensil; cookware (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)