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coaster

coast·er/ˈkoʊ̯s.tɚ/noun

coaster is spelled C-O-A-S-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (coast·er). It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, coaster means “A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coaster is coasters.

How many letters and syllables are in coaster?

Letters7: C-O-A-S-T-E-R
Syllables2: coast·er
In writing4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is coaster?

Coaster appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce coaster?

  • UK /ˈkəʊ̯s.tə/
  • US /ˈkoʊ̯s.tɚ/
  • /ˈkʌʊ̯s.tə/

Coaster has 2 syllables, split coast·er in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-coaster.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with coaster

Also written: rollercoaster.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with coaster?

3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coaster from its last stressed vowel (/oʊstəɹ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of coaster

  • coasters plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does coaster mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.

  2. 2

    A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.

  3. 3

    A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.

  4. 4

    CanadaUSEllipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).

  5. 5

    USA cow from the coastal part of Texas.

  6. 6

    datedslangA prostitute, especially one of European descent, plying her trade in Chinese port towns.

  7. 7

    AustraliaslangAn itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.

  8. 8

    USA person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.

  9. 9

    One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.

  10. 10

    datedA small stand or tray, sometimes with wheels, used to pass something such as a decanter or wine bottle around a tabletop.

  11. 11

    A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

  12. 12

    slangA useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted.

  13. 13

    USinformalEllipsis of rollercoaster.

  14. 14

    USA sled or toboggan.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Coaster in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Spanishnavegador (de costas) (sailor who travels only in coastal waters), deslizador (merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters), costero (one who coasts), bandeja (con ruedas) (small stand or tray used to pass something…), posavasos (small object on which a cup, etc., is placed to…), disco (de mierda) (useless compact disc or DVD)
Frenchcaboteur (merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters), sous-verre, dessous de verre, dessous-de-bouteille (small object on which a cup, etc., is placed to…)
GermanKüstenschiff (merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters), Bierdeckel, Untersetzer (small object on which a cup, etc., is placed to…)
Portuguesebolacha, bolacha de chope, porta-copos (small object on which a cup, etc., is placed to…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does coaster come from?

From coast (“edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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