Meaning

13 senses
  1. A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.

    поморя́нинpomorjánin

    a resident of a coastal area

  2. A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.

  3. A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.

    Küstenschiff

    кабота́жное су́дноkabotážnoje súdno

  4. (US)A cow from the coastal part of Texas.

    2021, Ernest Haycox, Karl May, Zane Grey, 50 Westerns But our market required a better quality than coasters and Mexican cattle, and we turned back up the country.

  5. (dated, slang)A prostitute, especially one of European descent, plying her trade in Chinese port towns.

  6. Agent noun of coast: one who coasts.

    (Australia, slang)An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.

  7. (US)A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.

  8. One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.

  9. Something that coasts or is used to coast.

    (dated)A small stand or tray, sometimes with wheels, used to pass something such as a decanter or wine bottle around a tabletop.

  10. (broadly)A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

    Bierdeckel, Untersetzer

    подста́вка

    підста́вкаpidstávka

    a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle)

  11. (broadly, slang)A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted.

  12. (US)A sled or toboggan.

Examples

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  1. I want to ride the roller coaster.

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  2. Please put this coaster under your drink.

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  3. I love roller coasters.

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  4. Tom loves roller coasters.

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  5. Tom rode the roller coaster.

    ruТом прокатился на американских горках.

    deTom fuhr mit der Achterbahn.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small object on which a cup, etc., is placed to protect a table surface:
Русский
By meaning 3
person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area:
merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters:
small object on which a cup, etc., is placed to protect a table surface:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters:
small object on which a cup, etc., is placed to protect a table surface:

Origin

From coast (“edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake”) + -

From coast (“edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Coast is derived from Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body, flank; side of a building; face of a solid figure; coast, shore; bay, gulf; sea; concavity, hollow; boundary, limit; land; country; district, province, region; locality, place; division of the heavens; compass direction; direction; location with reference to direction, side”) [and other forms], from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”).

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