Mast - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|mæst|
Brit.
|mɑːst|
noun
- a vertical spar for supporting sails
- nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground
- nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
- any sturdy upright pole
- nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground
- nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
- any sturdy upright pole
Extra examples
The ship's mast snapped under the stress of high winds.
He was bound to the mast of his ship.
Crack went the mast.
Wind sprang the mast.
The government ordered that all flags should be flown at half mast (=halfway down the pole, in order to express public sadness at someone's death).
Word forms
noun
singular: mast
plural: masts
singular: mast
plural: masts
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