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Definitions: Paster |
PasterNoun1. A workman who pastes. 2. An adhesive label. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "paster" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Occupations | Joins precemented shoe parts, or applies cement to join parts, using any of following methods: (1) Brushes cement onto parts. (2) Sprays cement onto parts, using spray gun. (3) Rubs parts over cement-covered roller. (4) Feeds and pulls parts between cement-covered rollers. May align precemented parts, following seams or edges, markings on parts, or template guides, and press parts together by hand or using handtools. May trim excess material from cemented parts. May mark position of heel seat, using pencil. May roughen shoe parts in preparation for cementing. May brush solvent on parts to activate cemented surface. May hammer holding nail through stacked lifts and place heels in press to dry and be designated Heel Builder, Hand (boot & shoe). May be designated according to parts cemented as Arch-Pad Cementer (boot & shoe); Bottom Cementer (boot & shoe) II; Box-Toe Cementer (boot & shoe); Heel Cementer (boot & shoe); Heel Coverer (boot & shoe). May be designated: Heel Padder (boot & shoe); Shank Cementer, Hand (boot & shoe); Sock Liner (boot & shoe); Sole Layer, Hand (boot & shoe); Upper Doubler (boot & shoe). (references) |
| Performs any combination of following tasks involved in sealing coke-oven doors with lute (mud made from clay, coke dust or ashes, and water) to prevent escape of gases during baking of coal: Shovels mud into mud carrier and transfers mud pails to ovens. Chips old clay, carbon, and residue from doorway of oven, using chisel bar. Seals crack around oven door with mud, using trowel and tamping bar. Shovels dry clay into dry-clay box on pusher or into wheelbarrow. Shovels excess mud, oven spillage, and coal from working area. Opens and closes chuckhole door, using handwheel and lever. May open oven, using bar, and manually position coke guide in doorway. May signal LARRY OPERATOR (steel & rel.) to charge oven. May push buttons to move electric mud car. (references) | |
| Tends machine that bonds edges of precut parchment together to form lampshades: Depresses pedal to raise top presser bar of machine and positions edge of parchment on lower presser bar. Brushes cement on edge of parchment. Bends parchment in circle and positions opposite edge of parchment on top of cemented edge. Releases pedal to lower and lock top presser bar onto parchment to bond edges. (references) | |
| Cements cardboard letters or monograms onto fabric articles, such as armbands, banners, and shirts to prepare article for embroidering: Marks position of letter or monogram on article, according to specifications, using chalk and ruler. Brushes cement onto letter or monogram and positions it on marked area of article. Presses letter or monogram onto article. (references) | |
| Arranges tiles into designs for such use as flooring or sink tops and pastes paper on tile to preserve arrangement of design: Inserts individual colored tiles in slots in form-board following sample design. Pastes sheet of paper on top of tile arrangement. Places sheets of tiles in cartons. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PasterSynonyms: gummed label (n), sticker (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Paster |
| Specialty definitions using "paster": ACETONE-BUTTON PASTER ♦ core paster ♦ MONOGRAM-AND-LETTER PASTER ♦ paster operator, PASTER SUPERVISOR, PASTER, HAND OR MACHINE, PASTER, HAT LINING, PASTER, SCREEN PRINTING ♦ tile paster. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Paster" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Paster" is used about 3 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) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "paster" 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 |
| Paster | Last name | 200 | 35,038 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
paster troy | 46 |
paster | 11 |
flying paster | 6 |
paster zorba | 4 |
louis paster | 3 |
howard paster | 2 |
jessica paster | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "paster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | κολλητήσ (cementer, sticker), χαρτί για κόλλημα. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | asterpay pastel-dos-tintureiros, fita de papel gomado, colador (glue, glueing, gluey, size, sizing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "paster": pastern, pasterns, pasters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "paster" (pronounced pa"ster) |
| 5 | p a" s t er | pastor. |
| 4 | -a" s t er | aster, blaster, caster, Castor, disaster, faster, Gaster, grandmaster, headmaster, laster, master, oleaster, pilaster, plaster, raster. |
| 3 | -s t er | adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, banister, bannister, barrister, blister, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, cloister, cluster, coaster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, dumpster, duster, Easter, ester, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, hamster, harvester, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, Leister, Lister, lobster, Luster, lustre, minister, Minster, Mister, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, ouster, oyster, pester, pollster, polyester, poster, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roaster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, sister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toaster, 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: paters, prates, repast, tapers, trapes. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: apers, apres, apter, asper, aster, pares, parse, parts, paste, pater, pates, pears, peart, peats, prase, prate, prats, presa, prest, rapes, rates, reaps, septa, spare, spate, spear, sprat, stare, strap, strep, taper, tapes, tares, tarps, tears, tepas, traps. | |
-2 letters: aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, pare, pars, part, pase, past, pate, pats, pear, peas, peat, pert, pest, pets, prat, rape, raps, rapt, rase, rasp, rate, rats, reap, reps, rest, rets, sate, sear, seat, sept, sera, seta, spae, spar, spat, star, step, tape, taps, tare, tarp, tars, tear, teas, tepa, trap, tsar. | |
-3 letters: ape, apt, are, ars, art, asp, ate, ear, eat, era, ers, eta, par, pas, pat, pea, per, pes, pet, rap, ras, rat, rep, res, ret, sae, sap, sat, sea, ser, set, spa, tae, tap, tar, tas, tea. | |
-4 letters: ae, ar, as, at, er, es, et, pa, pe, re, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: arpents, carpets, departs, entraps, esparto, palters, parents, pargets, parties, pastern, pasters, pastier, pasture, patters, patzers, persalt, petards, piaster, piastre, pirates, plaster, platers, praters, preacts, precast, proteas, psalter, repasts, repeats, restamp, retapes, seaport, sparest, spatter, spectra, stamper, stapler, tampers, tappers, tapster, tephras, threaps, traipse, trepans, uprates, upstare, uptears. | |
+2 letters: adapters, adopters, apterous, asperate, asperity, aspirate, captures, chapters, crispate, espartos, forepast, grapiest, operants, operates, overpast, painters, palestra, panthers, pantries, parapets, parasite, paretics, parietes, parities, parquets, partakes, partiers, partlets, partners, partyers, pasterns, pastored, pastries, pastured, pasturer, pastures, patchers, patterns, peartest, pederast, periapts, persalts, pertains, petrales, petrosal, peytrals, phorates, piasters, piastres, picrates, pilaster, pinaster, plaister, plaiters, planters, plasters, plastery, platters, pleaters, polestar, portages, postrace, practise, praetors, prattles, precasts, predates, preheats, prelates, prepaste, prestamp, pretapes, pretaste, primates, pristane, privates, probates, pronates, prorates, prostate, protases, proteans, protease, psalters, psaltery, rapidest, raptness, raptures, raspiest, readapts, readopts, repaints, repasted, replants, replates, restamps, sceptral, seaports, separate, septaria, sharpest, sparsest, spatters, spectral, splatter, sprattle, stampers, staplers, strapped, strapper, supertax, taperers, tapestry, tapsters, temperas, templars, tempuras, traipsed, traipses, trampers, tramples, transept, trapesed, trapeses, trapezes, trapnest, trappers, trappose, trepangs, trespass, triphase, typebars, updaters, upstared, upstares, upstater, upstream, wiretaps. | |
+3 letters: abruptest, accepters, acceptors, antipress, apartness, aperients, aperitifs, apertures, appetiser, apteryxes, aspartame, aspartate, asperated, asperates, aspiratae, aspirated, aspirates, atrophies, atropines, attempers, baptizers, becarpets, bespatter, calypters, capturers, catnapers, chapiters, coparents, crappiest, dapperest, departees, depurates, desperate, dipterans, disparate, disparted, earthpeas, ephorates, eupatrids, expiators, firetraps, foreparts, grapeshot, graphites, heptarchs, impacters, imparters, interlaps, lakeports, lapstrake, livetraps, malaperts, metaphors, misparted, mousetrap, operatics, operators, operettas, outcapers, outspread, palaestra, palestrae, palestras, palterers, paltriest, pantdress, parakeets, parakites, paraments, paraquets, parasites, parataxes, parietals, paroquets, parrokets, parroters, partakers, parterres, particles, pastorale, pastorate, pasturage, pasturers, patentors, patissier, patroness, patronise, patterers, paymaster, pearliest, pearlites, peasantry, pectorals, pederasts, pederasty, pentarchs, perfectas, perfusate, perianths, periostea, peripatus, periplast, permeates, perorates, personate, phratries, pilasters, pinasters, pistareen, placaters, plaisters, plankters, plastered, plasterer, plethoras, poetaster, polestars, portables, portances, practices, practised, practises, praefects, praelects, prankster, pratiques, prattlers, preadapts, preadmits, preadopts, preallots, preaudits, predators, preenacts, prepasted, prepastes, prestamps, pretasted, pretastes, pretrains, pretreats, pretrials, priorates, pristanes, privatest, privatise, prosateur, prostates, prostrate, proteases, psalteria, psaltries, pterosaur, pyruvates, reaccepts, rebaptism, recarpets, repartees, repasting, repatches, repeaters, replaster, rerepeats, restamped, saltpeter, saprolite, satrapies, separated, separates, separator, septarium, spaceport, sparkiest, sparriest, sparteine, spattered, spearmint, spearwort, spectator, spermatia, spermatic, spermatid, splatters, sporulate, sprattled, sprattles, spymaster, stampeder, strapless, strappers, superfast, superheat, superstar, suppurate, tamperers, tapaderas, tapaderos, tapeworms, tarpapers, taxpayers, teardrops, temporals, terrapins, tetrapods, therapies, therapist, therapsid, threapers, topiaries, tramplers, transepts, transpire, transpose, trapesing, trapezist, trapezius, traplines, trapnests, triplanes, triptanes, upgathers, upstarted, upstaters. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 73 74 65 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- ... - . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a s t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0073 0074 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506785867184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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