The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ashtoreth \Ash"to*reth\, n.; pl. Ashtaroth. The principal female divinity of the Ph[oe]nicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. --W. Smith. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ashtoreth n 1: an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar [syn: Astarte, Ashtoreth]