burster C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈbɜrstɚ/ UK /ˈbɜːstə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun something that bursts; an astronomical source emitting bursts of radiation Astronomers tracked a gamma-ray burster on the edge of the galaxy. Thesaurus Word family Related forms burst Etymology AI details From burst + -er; burst is from Old English berstan ('to break suddenly'), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną ('to burst, crack'). berstan Old English *brestaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # burster **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbɜrstɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɜːstə/ ## Meanings 1. something that bursts; an astronomical source emitting bursts of radiation ## Examples - Astronomers tracked a gamma-ray burster on the edge of the galaxy. ## Related Forms - burst ## Roots and Affixes - Root: berstan - Root: *brestaną ## Etymology From burst + -er; burst is from Old English berstan ('to break suddenly'), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną ('to burst, crack'). ## AI Etymology Burster comes from burst + -er; burst is from Old English berstan ('to break suddenly'), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną ('to burst, crack'). The historical trail runs through berstan in Old English and *brestaną in Proto-Germanic. Morphologically, burster is transparent: it draws on burst + -er. Used as a noun, burster now means "something that bursts; an astronomical source emitting bursts of radiation", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as burst. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown