coaster

[ koh-ster ]

noun

1. a person or thing that coasts.
2. a small dish, tray, or mat, especially for placing under a glass to protect a table from moisture.
3. a ship engaged in coastwise trade.
4. a sled for coasting.
5. a tray for holding a decanter to be passed around a dining table.
6. roller coaster.

Coaster

¹

/ ˈkəʊstə /

noun

1. a person from the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand

coaster

²

/ ˈkəʊstə /

noun

1. a vessel or trader engaged in coastal commerce
2. a small tray, sometimes on wheels, for holding a decanter, wine bottle, etc
3. a person or thing that coasts
4. a protective disc or mat for glasses or bottles
5. short for roller coaster
6. a European resident on the coast

Word History and Origins

Origin of coaster¹

First recorded in 1565–75; coast + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It acts as a coaster, prevents scratches, and can protect your wrists from sharp corners if you don’t use a wrist rest with your keyboard.

From Popular-Science

Roller coasters at the local Six Flags amusement park became submerged.

From Science News For Students

“It’s been a bit of an emotional roller coaster,” Stack Morgan says.

From Science News

As many have speculated, the options did play a role in the roller coaster rally that followed—but probably not for the reason some traders think, especially if they haven’t accounted for changes in how trading firms hedge meme stocks.

From Quartz

The 12-mile Upper Gauley is remote and packed with more than 50 rapids in an almost nonstop roller coaster of whitewater.

From Outside Online

They're made to make a lot of money and to get teenagers in a kind of experience, a roller coaster ride.

From The Daily Beast

His cadence is a steady beat rather than a roller coaster, and his words sparing and simple.

From The Daily Beast

Vessyl has a non-stick interior and comes with a spill-proof lid and coaster-like charger.

From The Daily Beast

His Wednesday is going to be a roller-coaster ride from Rush Limbaugh to Fox to Laura Ingraham to who knows what.

From The Daily Beast

Some saw their donation as a ticket to a theme park roller coaster ride.

From The Daily Beast

The old coaster sent a quick, anxious look down the river, and saw at once that there was no chance of reaching the bank.

From Project Gutenberg

The lazaret of a coaster is a storeroom under the quarter-deck—repository of general odds and ends and spare equipment.

From Project Gutenberg

Toward dusk came the sharp command for the men to march aboard the coaster that had drawn up for them.

From Project Gutenberg

The coaster had landed them at Otranto, where Bowes promptly engaged a private stable for his master.

From Project Gutenberg

Skipper of a coaster in his early days, he had never outgrown the habit of pitching his voice to carry above a fifty-mile gale.

From Project Gutenberg

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