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PASTER (paster)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paster mean? 

PASTER (noun)
  The noun PASTER has 2 senses:

1. a workman who pastesplay

2. an adhesive labelplay

  Familiarity information: PASTER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PASTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A workman who pastes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("paster" is a kind of...):

working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)

Derivation:

paste (join or attach with or as if with glue)

paste (cover the surface of)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An adhesive label

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

gummed label; paster; sticker

Hypernyms ("paster" is a kind of...):

label (an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paster"):

bookplate; ex libris (a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted)

Derivation:

paste (join or attach with or as if with glue)


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