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Baster

//ˈbeɪstɚ// noun

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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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  1. 6
    a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy wordnet

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.

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