Definitions for vestaˈvɛs tə

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Ves•taˈvɛs tə(n.)

the Roman goddess of the hearth: identified with the Greek goddess Hestia.
Category: Mythology
(l.c.) Brit. a short friction match.
Category: British

Princeton's WordNet

Vesta(noun)
(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
Vesta(noun)
the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered

Wiktionary

Vesta(ProperNoun)
The Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Hestia.
Vesta(ProperNoun)
in occasional use.
Vesta(ProperNoun)
The fourth asteroid discovered.
vesta(Noun)
a short match, made of wood or wax

Origin: From the vestale, (to dwell, stay, similar in idea to the Greek hestia.) Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.

Webster Dictionary

Vesta(noun)
one of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it
Vesta(noun)
an asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807
Vesta(noun)
a wax friction match

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Vesta
the Roman goddess of the hearth, identified with the Greek Hestia; was the guardian of domestic life and had a shrine in every household; had a temple in Rome in which a heaven-kindled fire was kept constantly burning and guarded by first four then six virgins called Vestals, whose persons were held sacred as well as their office, since any laxity in its discharge might be disastrous to the city.