baster

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From baste + -er.

Steve's and my final attempt, another intrauterine insemination (IUI, med-speak for an expensive "turkey baster") with the last of his deposit, had failed. — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover

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