Definitions of coaster [ˈkoʊ stər]

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Definition of 'coaster'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) coaster
a person or thing that coasts.

2.  coaster
a small dish or mat, esp. for placing under a glass.

3.  coaster
a ship engaged in coastwise trade.

4.  coaster
a sled for coasting.

Etymology: (1565–75)

Definition of 'coaster'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) coaster
a resident of a coastal area

2. (noun) coaster
someone who coasts

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

Definition of 'coaster'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) coaster
a vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade

2. (noun) coaster
one who sails near the shore

Definitions of 'coaster'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. coaster
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.

Translation of 'coaster'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a vessel that sails along near the coast.
Afrikaans: kusvaarder	Arabic: سَفينَه ساحِلِيَّه	Bulgarian: крайбрежен кораб
Brazilian: navio costeiro	Czech: pobřežní loď	German: das Küstenschiff
Danish: coaster	Greek: ακτοπλοϊκό σκάφος	Spanish: barco de cabotaje
Estonian: rannasõidulaev	Farsi: کشتی کرانه رو	Finnish: rannikkoalus
French: caboteur	Hebrew: סְפִינָת חוֹף	Hindi: तट के पास चलने वाला जहाज
Croatian: brod obalne plovidbe	Hungarian: parti hajó	Indonesian: kapal pantai
Icelandic: strandferðaskip	Italian: cabotiero	Japanese: 沿岸航行船
Korean: 연안 해안 선박	Lithuanian: pakrančių laivas	Latvian: piekrastes kuģis
Malay: kapal persisir	Dutch: kustvaarder	Norwegian: kystfartøy
Polish: statekżeglugi przybrzeżne	Persian: کشتی کرانه رو	Pashto: کرانه روه کښتی
Portuguese: navio costeiro	Romanian: cabotier	Russian: каботажное судно
Slovak: pobrežná loď	Slovenian: obalna ladja	Serbian: obalski brod
Swedish: kustfarare, kustfartyg	Thai: เรือขนสินค้าหรือผู้โดยสาร	Turkish: koster, sahil gemisi
Taiwanese: 沿岸航行的船隻	Ukrainian: каботажне судно	Urdu: ساحل کے نزدیک چلنے والی ک
Vietnamese: tàu buôn dọc bờ biển	Chinese: 沿海航船
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