Vesta example sentences

ves·ta

noun historical

vesta (noun) · vestas (plural noun)

  - a short wooden or wax match.

Ves·ta

definition

  - the goddess of the hearth and household. Her temple in Rome contained no image but a fire which was kept constantly burning and was tended by the Vestal Virgins.

  - an asteroid discovered in 1807. It is the brightest asteroid as well as the third largest, with a diameter of 311 miles (501 km).