noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who bastes.
2. 2
   A member of an ethnic group comprising the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. They live largely in Namibia, in and around the town of Rehoboth.
3. 3
   a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat wordnet
4. 4
   A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.

   "Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster."

5. 5
   a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches wordnet

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6. 6
   a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy wordnet

Synonyms

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rehobotherrehobothertacker

Example

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"Tom isn't allowed to use the turkey baster anymore."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From baste + -er.

Etymology 2

Derived from the Dutch word for "bastard" (i.e. crossbreed), due to their mixed ethnic origin; see Dutch bastaard.

Related phrases

cape colonyethnic group

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.