mastmast /mɑːst $ mæst/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
a radio mast3a tall pole on which a flag is hung → half-mast
WORD ORIGINmast
Origin:
Old English mæstEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And, rotors are smaller than masts and sails.
- He stood there like a mast.
- I wanted to jump down from a mast and land right in her, but I kept my promise to Remi.
- In addition, mast cells in normal colon, adenoma, or carcinoma samples consistently showed strong positive staining for cytochrome P450 3A.
- On Brother and Toyota machines, just let the yarn hang between the yarn mast and the edge of the knitting.
- When Nick proposed an improved way of setting the masts in place, Mr Ching balked at the suggestion.
WORD SETS
aerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 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).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1a tall pole on which the sails or flags on a ship are hung2British English a tall metal tower that sends out radio and television signals: 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).· In addition, mast cells in normal colon, adenoma, or carcinoma samples consistently showed strong positive staining for cytochrome P450 3A.· Mucosal mast cells in the rat intestine are drastically affected by an infection with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis.· When this occurs, the mast cells start to break down.· During the initial phase, newly formed mast cell components such as histamine, serotonin, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes may be released.· In histological specimens a significantly reduced number of mucosal mast cells was found.· In some experiments the mucosa was completely devoid of mast cells.· In the many stomach histamine is stored predominantly in the mast cells.· Ketotifen may prevent the release of the inflammatory mediators from mast cells as well as from other inflammatory cells.
· Forward in next field, making for lower of two radio masts.· We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses.· As Schellenberg and Devlin got out, a sergeant emerged from the hut with the radio mast, and hurried towards them.· How much do you care about the environmental and health damage caused by the radio masts?
· The easiest way to carry the board is with one hand in the daggerboard and the other on the mast track.· The larger sized boards are also suitable for beginners though footstraps and mast track will be no use to a novice.· Daggerboards and mast tracks should be made to work freely and you should be confident with the non-slip surface.· One way of doing this is to put the mast track further forwards, thus engaging more of the rail.
· The Blackwell enclosed spring trolley mast was placed at the centre of the upper deck.· There was two and two seating on the upper deck, except for two single seats by the trolley mast.· There was 2 & 2 seating on the upper deck, with a single seat at one side of the trolley mast.
· On Brother and Toyota machines it positions itself automatically when left to hang freely between the yarn mast and knitting.· There was no coned yarn, no row counter, no yarn mast, no wool winder - and no competition!· The tension disc at the top of the yarn mast will need adjusting for the thread.· You can in fact have almost as many yarn masts as you like attached to the back of the machine.· Well, have you ever looked at the yarn mast and tension spring?· The yarn to be woven should be threaded through the second side of the yarn mast.· When weaving with a thick yarn, you will probably find that it won't feed through the yarn mast.· On Brother and Toyota machines, just let the yarn hang between the yarn mast and the edge of the knitting.
VERB· The ferry's flag flew at half mast as the probe went on at Cork's Ringaskiddy port.
a radio mast3a tall pole on which a flag is hung → half-mast