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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mast1 /mæst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Nauticala polelike structure rising above a ship to hold sails
- any upright pole, as a support for an aerial, etc.:television masts.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mast1 (mast, mäst),USA pronunciation n. - [Naut.]
- Nauticala spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
- Nauticalany of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
- Nauticalany of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- Also called pillar. the upright support of a jib crane.
- any upright pole, as a support for an aerial, a post in certain cranes, etc.
- Nauticalbefore the mast, as an unlicensed sailor:He served several years before the mast.
v.t. - to provide with a mast or masts.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English mæst; cognate with German Mast; akin to Latin mālus pole
mast′less, adj. mast′like′, adj. mast2 (mast, mäst),USA pronunciation n. - the fruit of the oak and beech or other forest trees, used as food for hogs and other animals.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English mæst; cognate with German Mast; akin to meat
mast-, - var. of masto- before a vowel:mastectomy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mast /mɑːst/ n - any vertical spar for supporting sails, rigging, flags, etc, above the deck of a vessel or any components of such a composite spar
- any sturdy upright pole used as a support
- before the mast ⇒ as an apprentice seaman
vb - (transitive) to equip with a mast or masts
Etymology: Old English mæst; related to Middle Dutch mast and Latin mālus pole mast /mɑːst/ n - the fruit of forest trees, such as beech, oak, etc, used as food for pigs
Etymology: Old English mæst; related to Old High German mast food, and perhaps to meat WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024masto-, - a combining form meaning "breast,'' used in the formation of compound words:mastopathy.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] mast-. - combining form representing Greek mastós breast
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