VESTA
- the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia
- the third largest and one of the four brightest asteroids
- short friction match with a wood or wax shank
- female given name
- the Roman goddess of the hearth compare hestia
- short match with a shank of wax-coated threads
- short wooden match
- a short friction match [n VESTAS]