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Definition: Coaster |
CoasterNoun1. A resident of a coastal area. 2. Someone who coasts. 3. A covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coaster" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
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Computing | Coaster n. 1. Unuseable CD produced during failed attempt at writing to writeable or re-writeable CD media. Certainly related to the coaster-like shape of a CD, and the relative value of these failures. "I made a lot of coasters before I got a good CD." 2. Useless CDs received in the mail from the likes of AOL, MSN, CI$, Prodigy, ad nauseam. In the U.K., `beermat' is often used in these senses. Source: Jargon File. |
Food & Agriculture | Stand or mat for bottles or decanters to provent wine-drips on the table cloth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang | Noun. Source: Some people may feel a coaster is useless. Definition: A CD you tried to put information on through "ripping" that didn't work. The CD is thus unusable. Context: When "ripping" CDs on one's computer, some may not work and the term coaster would be justified for those CDs that now will have no purpose. Social Source: Good Time Boys. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ship | Man of war; (combatant); transport, tender, storeship; merchant ship, merchantman; packet, liner; whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter; fishing boat, pilot boat; trawler, hulk; yacht; baggala; floating hotel, floating palace; ocean greyhound. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Coaster |
| English words defined with "coaster": Coasting vessel. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "coaster": bicycle mechanic, BICYCLE REPAIRER ♦ coaster toaster, cycle repairer. (references) |
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Screenplays | It's a coaster! (Black Books; writing credit: Graham Linehan; Arthur Mathews) You know, when I was nineteen, Grandpa took me on a roller coaster. (Parenthood; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel) | |
Lyrics | The madness of a roller coaster (The Space Between; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) A roller coaster ride (If You Can Do Anything Else; performing artist: George Strait) The roller coaster ride's a lonely one (Sour Girl; performing artist: Stone Temple Pilots) | |
Clever | You are getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster. (references; author: unknown) Life is a roller coaster. You can either scream every time you hit a bump, or you can throw your hands up in the air and enjoy it. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | St. Lawrence Coaster (1951) Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990) World Coaster (1981) The Great Space Coaster (1981) | |
Song Titles | ROLLER COASTER (performing artist: OHIO PLAYERS) | |
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 | Roller coaster, [Paragon Park], Nantasket Beach, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Glen Echo, Maryland. A view of Glen Echo Park showing the entrance to the coaster dips. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ashland, Kentucky. Two boys who have gathered up iron scrap for the war effort being assisted by a scrap collector in moving the load in their coaster wagon. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Houston, Texas. Roller coaster. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Southington, Connecticut. Roller coaster. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Glen Echo amusement park. Coaster dips, angled tunnel view at night, Glen Echo. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Entrance to the Coaster Dips, the roller coaster at the Glen Echo (Md.) Park near Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Roller Coaster" by Josh Jarmin Commentary: "Roller Coaster at Busch Gardens." | "Coaster" by Olivia Castells Commentary: "A close-up shot to my favourite red table coaster." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | Roller coaster ride with people laughing and screaming. |
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Economic History | Zimbabwe | Relations with South Africa have followed somewhat of a roller coaster pattern, though pragmatism has usually won out. (references) |
Uae | GDP has historically been highly dependent on oil prices and has therefore followed a roller coaster pattern over the past 20 years, soaring during the 1970's and declining precipitously during the 1980's. These swings in national income have caused the authorities to look for ways to diversify the economy, particularly in Dubai, where oil reserves are dwindling. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Julie Andrews | Sort of. My mother and stepfather were in Vaudeville. And my stepfather was an alcoholic. It was a lot of roller coaster times. But it's all I knew. I think they did the best they could under the circumstances, with me and all the family. |
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| "Coaster" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.00% of the time. "Coaster" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Noun (proper) | 8% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 50 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "coaster" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Coaster | Last name | 170 | 44,239 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "coaster": coaster brake ♦ coaster toaster ♦ coaster wagon ♦ roller coaster. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "coaster": roller-coaster. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "coaster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tren i çmendur (switchback), slitë (carriole, jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh), anije bregdetëse. (various references) | |
Arabic | قطار الملاهي (roller coaster), سلسلة جبال (mountain chain, range, roller coaster), جبال روسية (roller coaster). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | увеселително влакче, шейна (carriage, sled, sleigh, slide, slide block), крайбрежен търговски кораб, поднос за вино. (various references) | |
Chinese | 沿海航船. (various references) | |
Czech | tácek (tray), podložka (ink-lines, pad, underlay, washer), pobřežní plavidlo, pobřežní loï. (various references) | |
Danish | coaster (costing vessel), underlag til glas, mindre fragtskib (costing vessel), kystskib (coastal vessel), kystfragtskib (costing vessel), kystfartøj (coastal vessel, inshore), flaskebakke. (various references) | |
Dutch | coaster (costing vessel), onderlegger voor glazen, kustvaarder (coastal vessel, costing vessel), flessebakje. (various references) | |
Finnish | vapaapyörä (free wheel), rannikkolaiva (coasting-vessel), pullon aluslautanen, alusta (base, basis, bed, bench, chassis, easel, foundation, mat, mount, stand, tressle, workbench). (various references) | |
French | cargo côtier (coastal vessel), caboteur (costing vessel), côtier (coastal), porte-bouteille, navire côtier (coastal vessel), dessous-de-bouteille, dessous de verre. (various references) | |
German | küstenfahrer (coasters). (various references) | |
Greek | υπόθεμα ποτηριού, υπόθεμα φιάλης, ακτοπλόων, ακτοπλοϊκό σκάφος (coastal vessel), ακτοπλοϊκό (costing vessel). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חופית. (various references) | |
Hungarian | poháralátét. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kapal pantai, alas (base, covering, foundation, layer). (various references) | |
Italian | nave costiera (coastal vessel). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ゲリラ兵 (calking, caulking, caution, coach, coach's box, coat, coating, coda, coding, coding system, cogeneration, cogeneration system, Coke, Coke highball, coordinate, coordination, coordinator, corduroy, corkscrew, corselet, cortisone, course, course of study, course record, courseware, gel, gene, Gentzen, germane, germanium, guerrilla, lane marks, money, money pinch, ski slope, tennis court). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | コースター . (various references) | |
Manx | cooseyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oastercay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tripulante desse navio, navio de cabotagem, navio costeiro (coastal vessel), descanso de copo, assento de garrafa. (various references) | |
Romanian | vas de coastã. (various references) | |
Russian | каботажное судно, житель берегового района. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | podmetač za čaše, brod obalske plovidbe. (various references) | |
Spanish | buque de cabotaje (costing vessel), buque costero (coastal vessel), barco de cabotaje, barco costero (costing vessel). (various references) | |
Swedish | cykel med frihjul, coaster, vinunderlägg, underlägg (pad, underlay), kustfartyg, kälke (bob sleigh, bob-sleigh, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan). (various references) | |
Turkish | tahta peynirlik, koster, kızak (carrier, chock, cradle, drag, gantry, gauntry, Shipway, skid, sled, sledge, slide, slipway, stock, toboggan), kıyı boyunca işleyen ticari gemi, iki kulplu şarap bardağı, bardak altlığı (mat). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | каботажне судно, підстаканник. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xe đạp (bicycle, racer, ridden, ride), tàu buôn dọc theo bờ biển. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coaster": coasters. (additional references) | |
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"Coaster" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: castery, Chalstrey, cmaster, Coalter, coastir, Coester, coister, coiter, Cosatto, Craster, Cra'ster, cuester, ecomaster, Ecowater, Kostner, mcmasteri, Scrabster, Souster. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coaster" (pronounced kō"ster) |
| 4 | -ō" s t er | poster, roaster, toaster. |
| 3 | -s t er | dumpster, duster, Easter, adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, aster, banister, bannister, barrister, blaster, blister, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, caster, Castor, cloister, cluster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, disaster, ester, faster, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, Gaster, grandmaster, hamster, harvester, headmaster, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, laster, Leister, Lister, lobster, Luster, lustre, master, minister, Minster, Mister, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, oleaster, ouster, oyster, paster, pastor, pester, pilaster, plaster, pollster, polyester, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, raster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, sister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toastmaster, transistor, trickster, trimester, twister, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster, zoster. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coaters. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: actors, carets, cartes, caster, castor, caters, coarse, coater, corset, costae, costar, coster, crates, escort, oaters, orates, reacts, recast, rectos, scoter, scrota, sector, tarocs, traces. | |
-2 letters: acres, actor, arose, ascot, aster, cares, caret, carse, carte, carts, caste, cater, cates, ceros, cesta, coast, coats, cores, corse, coset, costa, cotes, crate, crest, escar, escot, oater. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: ancestor, cabestro, cabresto, coarsest, coasters, creators, ectosarc, enactors, escargot, exactors, forecast, locaters, outraces, overacts, overcast, postrace, reactors, redcoats, sectoral, thoraces. | |
+2 letters: accentors, acceptors, accouters, accoutres, acrolects, aeroducts, ancestors, anchorets, anoretics, ascorbate, astrocyte, boracites, brocatels, cabestros, cabrestos, carotenes, castoreum, caveators, cavorters, chelators, chlorates, chordates, chromates, coatdress, cocreates, collarets, combaters, coparents, corantoes, corelates, coronates, corotates, coruscate, costarred, cottagers, courantes, courtesan, creations, cremators, croakiest, croustade, decorates, democrats, ectosarcs, educators, escalator, escargots, esoterica, evocators, factories, footraces, forecasts, loricates, nectarous, operatics, oratrices, orchestra, ostracise, ostracize, ostracode, outcapers, outrances, overcasts, overcoats, pectorals, portances, reactions, redactors, relocates, retroacts, sclerotia, sectorial, shortcake, spaceport, spectator, stomacher, theocrats, trochleas. | |
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