Mast - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |mæst|  American pronunciation of the word mast
Brit.  |mɑːst|  British pronunciation of the word mast

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

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
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