coaster
Meanings
Plural: coasters
Noun
- a resident of a coastal area
- someone who coasts
- a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle)
- A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
- A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
- A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
- Ellipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).
- A cow from the coastal part of Texas.
- A prostitute, especially one of European descent, plying her trade in Chinese port towns.
- Agent noun of coast: one who coasts.
- An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.
- Agent noun of coast: one who coasts.
- A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.
- Agent noun of coast: one who coasts.
- One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.
- Something that coasts or is used to coast.
- A small stand or tray, sometimes with wheels, used to pass something such as a decanter or wine bottle around a tabletop.
- Something that coasts or is used to coast.
- A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
- Something that coasts or is used to coast.
- A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted.
- Something that coasts or is used to coast.
- Ellipsis of rollercoaster.
- Something that coasts or is used to coast.
- A sled or toboggan.
Origin / Etymology
From coast (“edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Coast is derived from Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body, flank; side of a building; face of a solid figure; coast, shore; bay, gulf; sea; concavity, hollow; boundary, limit; land; country; district, province, region; locality, place; division of the heavens; compass direction; direction; location with reference to direction, side”) [and other forms], from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.
Synonyms
beer mat, beermat, coasting vessel
Scrabble Score: 9
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