Definitions for Bast

Bast bast

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IPA: /bæst/

Bast is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in Bast (abst).

Definitions for Bast

noun

  1. Botany. phloem.
  2. Also called bast fiber. any of several strong, woody fibers, as flax, hemp, ramie, or jute, obtained from phloem tissue and used in the manufacture of woven goods and cordage.

Origin of Bast

before 900; Middle English; Old English bæst; cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse bast; perhaps ultimately cognate with Latin fascis bundle. See bass3

Examples for Bast

bast, it turns out, runs a bit of a side business involving favors for children done in exchange for secrets.

His entry takes the reader through a day of mischief with bast, the somewhat mysterious creature from the Chronicles series.

Money: give Mr. bast money, and don't bother about his ideals.

bast says that what we see as the end begins will depend on what form the end takes.

bast himself spent roughly $350,000 preparing for the end, but it does not have to be so expensive.

Next day, just as they were dressed to go out to dinner, a Mr. bast called.

Now that the first shock was over, she saw that there was every reason to premise a Mrs. bast.

“2012 is a great excuse to prepare for the worst,” bast says.

She heard no sound, and Mr. bast's topper was missing from the hall.

"I don't call that fair," said Mr. bast, going scarlet and handsome.

Word Value for Bast
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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