/ Dictionary / Index B baster: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: bast•er Pronunciation: (bā'stur), [key] — n. Sewing. a person or thing that bastes. bast•er Pronunciation: (bā'stur), [key] — n. a person who bastes meat or other food. a large glass, plastic, or metal tube with a rubber bulb at one end and a small opening at the other, to be filled with butter, drippings, etc., for basting food as it is cooking. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: baster (Thesaurus) bastel house bast fiber Related Content Daily Word Quiz: reticent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language