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baster

bas·ter

UK/ˈbeɪstə/ US/ˈbeɪstɚ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy

2.

a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches

Synonyms
3.

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

Origin

From baste + -er.

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