bast

Other forms of bast

plural

basts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bast

What does bast mean?

bast means "strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bast?

bast has 1 syllable: bast. In IPA it is /ˈbæst/.

What is another word for bast?

Close synonyms include bast fiber, phloem. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bast a common word?

bast is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bast?

1 word rhymes with bast. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.