"baster" meaning in English

See baster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪstɚ/ [US], /ˈbeɪstə/ [UK] Audio: En-us-baster.ogg [US], En-uk-baster.ogg [UK] Forms: basters [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology 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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|baste|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology 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 [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "baster", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="baster"> From baste + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} baster (plural basters)
  1. One who bastes. Translations (one who bastes): valelija (Finnish)
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  2. A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy. Translations (tool for basting): liemipumppu (Finnish), Arrosier-Pipette [feminine] (German), cuentagotas [masculine] (Spanish), pera [feminine] (Spanish), inyector [masculine] (Spanish), jeringa culinaria [feminine] (Spanish), bombilla [feminine] (Spanish), gotero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-baster-en-noun-zGeRywJj Disambiguation of 'tool for basting': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Kitchenware Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 0 0

Inflected forms

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