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baste

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
beɪst

Definitions

A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.

Equivalents

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العربيةغطّ بالحساء
Catalàembastar
Češtinastěhovat
Galegoganduxar
Nederlandsbedruipen
Polskifastryga
Portuguêsbaste

Examples

“"Just like a leg of mutton being roasted before a slow fire without any one to give it a baste," groaned the old man.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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