Associations to the word «Vesta»

Wiktionary

VESTA, proper noun. (Roman god) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.
VESTA, proper noun. A female given name in occasional use.
VESTA, proper noun. (astronomy) Short for 4 Vesta, the fourth asteroid discovered.
VESTA, noun. A short match, made of wood or wax

Dictionary definition

VESTA, noun. (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia.
VESTA, noun. The brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats