baster

Thân thiện

A cook uses a baster to add flavor to the turkey.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A kitchen utensil: A tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat, gravy, or other liquids in order to moisten roasting meat.
   • A person who sews: A sewer who fastens a garment with long, loose, temporary stitches (basting stitches).
   • A person who cooks: A cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Utensil):
  • Use the baster to add flavor and moisture to the turkey.
  • She squeezed the bulb of the baster to draw up the pan juices.
• Noun (Sewer):
  • The tailor worked as a baster before the final fitting.
  • A skilled baster is essential for preparing a garment for its first fitting.
• Noun (Cook):
  • The baster carefully spooned the drippings over the roast.
  • His job as the baster ensured the chicken was perfectly juicy.

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in specific, practical contexts related to cooking and sewing. It is not commonly used in abstract or figurative language.

Variants and Related Words

• Baste (verb): The action performed by a baster (cook) or with a baster (utensil), meaning to moisten food during cooking. Also, the action performed by a baster (sewer), meaning to sew with long, temporary stitches.
• Basting (noun): Can refer to the liquid used to moisten meat or the act of applying it. Also refers to the long, temporary stitches in sewing.

Synonyms

• For the utensil: Basting syringe, kitchen syringe.
• For the sewer: Tackler, temporary sewer.
• For the cook: None are exact, but roles include "roast cook" or the descriptive phrase "one who bastes."

Related Phrases

• Phrasal Verb: None directly from "baster," but from the root verb "baste."
  • Baste down: Not a standard phrasal verb. The action is simply "to baste."

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms that use the word "baster."

Học thuật

Noun

1. a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat
2. a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
3. a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy

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