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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coaster \Coast"er\, n. 1. A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade 2. One who sails near the shore. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coaster n 1: a resident of a coastal area 2: someone who coasts 3: a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle) From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: coaster n. 1. Unuseable CD produced during failed attempt at writing to writeable or re-writeable CD media. Certainly related to the coaster-like shape of a CD and the relative value of these failures. "I made a lot of coasters before I got a good CD." 2. Useless CDs received in the mail from the likes of AOL, MSN, CI$, Prodigy, ad nauseam. In the U.K., `beermat' is often used in these senses
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