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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Ireland) A cast iron pot that is suspended over an open fire, often with hot coals placed on the lid for more even cooking..
There was no such thing as a bastable in those days.
Erika cooked over a turf fire and roasted meat in a bastable perched over the flames.
We'd always have it stewed in a bastable hung over the kitchen fire way back in those days.
Use bastable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bastable means (Ireland) A cast iron pot that is suspended over an open fire, often with hot coals placed on the lid for more even cooking..
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There was no such thing as a bastable in those days.
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