- vesta⇄vesta, noun.
1. a kind of short friction match.
Ex. The Skipper scratched a vesta and lit the brass student lamps at either end of the table (Atlantic).
2. (British.) a kind of wax match. - Vesta⇄Vesta, noun.
1. the Roman goddess of the hearth, the hearth fire, and the household. The Greeks called her Hestia. A sacred fire, guarded by the vestal virgins, was always kept burning in the temple of Vesta.
2. (Astronomy.) one of the astero