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coaster (kōs′tər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that coasts
  2. a ship that carries cargo or passengers from port to port along a coast
  3. ☆ a sled or wagon for coasting

  4. Etymology: < obs. sense of coast, vi., “to pass close to or around”

    a small tray, usually on wheels, as for passing a wine decanter around a table
  5. a small tray, mat, or disk placed under a glass or bottle to protect a table or other surface

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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