coaster

CEFRB2

/ˈkəʊ̯s.tə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small object placed under a glass or cup.

  2. 02

    noun

    A fast ship or a ride with steep tracks.

Examples

  • Could you put your cup on a coaster?

  • I got sick riding the roller coaster with the loop-the-loop.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkoʊ̯s.tɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.

  2. A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.

  3. A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.

More examples

In context

  • Tom rode the roller coaster.

  • 2021, Ernest Haycox, Karl May, Zane Grey, 50 Westerns But our market required a better quality than coasters and Mexican cattle, and we turned back up the country.

  • Thus, with ſhort Plummets Heav'ns deep will we ſound, / That vaſt Abyſs where humane Wit is drown'd! / In our ſmall Skiff we muſt not launce too far; / We here but Coaſters, not Diſcov'rers are.

Synonyms

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The delicate glass was placed on a small wooden blank to protect the table.

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Origin

noun

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”).