baste

5 letters · noun · scores 800 in SpellHuntr

noun

a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

verb

cover with liquid before cooking

Baste in a sentence

He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later.

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

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