Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun baster

3 senses of baster

Sense 1
baster -- (a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy)
       => roaster -- (a cook who roasts food)

Sense 2
baster, tacker -- (a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches)
       => sewer -- (someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns")

Sense 3
baster -- (a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat)
       => cooking utensil, cookware -- (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)