Mast

Word MAST
Character 4
Hyphenation mast
Pronunciations /mæst/

Definitions and meanings of "Mast"

What do we mean by mast?

The nuts of forest trees accumulated on the ground, formerly used as food for swine. noun

A tall vertical spar, sometimes sectioned, that rises from the keel or deck of a sailing vessel to support the sails and the standing and running rigging. noun

A vertical pole. noun

A tall vertical antenna, as for a radio. noun

A captain's mast. noun

A pole or pillar of round timber, or of tubular iron or steel, secured at the lower end to the keel of a vessel, and rising into the air above the deck to support the yards, sails, and rigging in general. noun

Any tall pole. noun

The main upright member of a derrick or crane, against which the boom abuts. noun

To fix a mast or masts in; supply with a mast or masts; erect the masts of: as, to mast a ship.

The fruit of the oak and beech or other forest-trees; acorns or nuts collectively, serving as food for animals. noun

To feed on mast.

The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns. noun

A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel. noun

The vertical post of a derrick or crane. noun

A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes. noun

See under Afore, and Before. noun

See under Coat. noun

One of a number of hoops attached to the fore edge of a boom sail, which slip on the mast as the sail is raised or lowered; also, one of the iron hoops used in making a made mast. See Made. noun

A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments ,or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.

A non-judicial punishment ("NJP") disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Mast

The word "mast" in example sentences

We very soon carried out this project, and all of us working away to join our handkerchiefs, we had by the next afternoon a big flag flying from what we called our mast-head. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

I can scarcely bring myself to realize that that great mast is really up and in; that you have lifted it from the water, swung it through the air, and deposited it here where it belongs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Pakistani flag in half mast from the Guardian and Benazir Bhutto from here. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When I turn on the radio, I get a grinding sound 'cos the worm screw on the radio mast is stripped. ❋ Frankwu (2007)

Unless, of course, he was cast to play the main mast of Sinbad's ship. ❋ Unknown (2005)

He calmly stated, My mast is on fire and I've lost my hydraulics. ❋ Unknown (1990)

But what we need mast is same preventive medicine. ❋ Unknown (1932)

A mooring mast is built now ready for the airship at St. Hubert, south of Montreal. ❋ Unknown (1929)

The mizzen mast of the Guerrière was shot away; very soon the main mast followed, and in less than half an hour the Guerrière was a hopeless wreck. ❋ Henrietta Elizabeth (1917)

The organisation was founded by Lisa Oldham, and other long term mast campaigners, who saw that the mobile phone operators were gaining substantial power and rolling out a network at alarming speed that had serious and widespread health and environmental implications, and their was little help available to communities fighting both the multinationals and the chaotic planning system. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To understand how the brakes fail on a cellular level in the human body requires a short course in one more group of immune cells, known as mast cells. ❋ Donna Jackson Nakazawa (2008)

These antibodies then are anchored to special immune cells called mast cells that are found in the skin, the lungs, and the gut. ❋ Carl Zimmer (2009)

"No, sir; because our signal mast is shorter than that on a big steamship. ❋ Unknown (1895)

The mast was a bamboo triangle, requiring no shrouds, and carrying a long mat sail; two rudders were hung on the quarters by rattans, the anchor was of wood, and a long and thick rattan; served as a cable. ❋ Unknown (2004)

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