bast

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Inner bark of a tree from which rope is traditionally made.
2. (countable, uncountable) Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants (particularly the lime tree) and used for making ropes, cords and matting.

Adj

Illegitimate, born out of wedlock.

Synonyms

phloem

best

good

👍

bass

better

inner bark

Bata

bast fiber

liber

fibre

cork

Translations

liber

Bast

bast

entrecasca

floema

floema

líber

phloème

líber

libro

📖

scorza

liber

corteccia

tille

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑːst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bast

Inherited from Old English: bæst

Cognate with Swedish: bast

Cognate with Dutch: bast

Cognate with German: Bast

Cognate with Middle Irish: basc

Cognate with Latin: fascis

Cognate with Albanian: bashkë

In summary

From Middle English bast, from Old English bæst (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-West Germanic *bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz (“bast, rope”) (compare the Swedish bast, Dutch bast, German Bast), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”) (compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)).