1. A tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat
   "She used the baster to keep the turkey moist while it cooked"
    
2. A cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
   "The skilled baster ensured the turkey remained moist throughout the long roasting process"
    
3. A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
   "The baster quickly prepared the dress for fitting by using temporary stitches";
   - tacker

Derived forms: basters

Type of: cooking utensil, cookware, roaster, sewer[2]

Encyclopedia: Baster