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Meanings of coaster in English

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A flat object on which beverages are put to protect the surface of a table.

Usage of coaster in English
1
And the custom of the coaster or the sound-steamer is somewhat similar.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885
2
We kind of rode the roller coaster week in and week out.
Reuters
3
It's fair to say it's been something of a roller-coaster ride since.
Independent.ie
4
The beardy male universe has always been a roller-coaster of identity politics.
The Irish Times
5
The coaster was already in place and was from the Raven's Mill.
Phoenix noir
6
Magic Mountain theme park announced the opening of their sixteenth roller coaster.
Solomon's oak: a novel
7
Two protagonists set off on a roller-coaster ride through an urban dystopia.
The Irish Times
8
GEORGIA'S STATELY, tree-lined capital was on an emotional roller coaster last night.
The Irish Times
9
The wait is finally over and the roller coaster ride has begun!
Ebony
10
I scoot a coaster under it, afraid to mar the pristine wood.
Altered
11
This has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster for investors.
Reuters
12
The graceful arcs of the roller coaster against the sky were gone.
The talisman
13
It was the latest episode in Odom's roller-coaster personal and professional life.
Reuters
14
It's a roller-coaster ride told with all the thrills and spills intact.
Reuters
15
He frowns at his glass, which he is rotating on its coaster.
Those who save us
16
I hallooed with glee at the roller-coaster feeling of being swooped aloft.
Sister Mine
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Coaster through the time
Coaster across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare