waster
English
/ˈweɪstə/
noun
Definitions
- Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
- A destroyer.
- An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wastere affix from English waste (empty, dejected, barren, dismal).
Origin
English
waste
Gloss
empty, dejected, barren, dismal
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiwaste English
- awaste English
- bewaste English
- biowaste English
- candle English
- candlewaster English
- e-waste English
- forwaste English
- miltwaste English
- radiowaste English
- time-waste English
- unwaste English
- wastage English
- waste English
- waste tray English
- waste-ridden English
- wasteable English
- wastebasket English
- wastebin English
- wastebook English
- wasteful English
- wastegate English
- wastegood English
- wasteground English
- wasteland English
- wasteless English
- wasteman English
- wasten English
- wasteness English
- wasteoid English
- wastepaper English
- wastepile English
- wastest English
- wasteth English
- wastethrift English
- wastewater English
- wasteway English
- wasteweir English
- wastey English
- wastoid English
- wastrel English
- wastry English
- ウエス Japanese
- waste Middle English
- wastere Middle English
- westim Tok Pisin
- waste
- awaste
- wastry
- wasten
- wastey
- candle
- unwaste
- wastest
- wastage
- e-waste
- wastoid
- wastrel
- wasteth
- bewaste
- wasteway
- wastebin
- wasteful
- forwaste
- wasteman
- biowaste
- wasteoid
- wasteable
- wastegate
- wasteweir
- wasteness
- miltwaste
- wastepile
- wasteless
- wastebook
- wasteland
- wastegood
- antiwaste
- waste tray
- wastepaper
- wastewater
- radiowaste
- time-waste
- wasteground
- wastethrift
- wastebasket
- candlewaster
- waste-ridden