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baster

Other forms: basters

Definitions of baster
  1. noun
    a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat
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    type of:
    cooking utensil, cookware
    a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking
  2. noun
    a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
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    type of:
    roaster
    a cook who roasts food
  3. noun
    a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
    synonyms: tacker
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    type of:
    sewer
    someone who sews
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