Meaning

noun a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy

noun a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches

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

originEtymology tree English baste Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English baster From baste + -er.

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