English Explanatory Dictionary

mast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter).
  2. A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
verb
  1. To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).
noun
  1. The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.
verb
  1. To feed on forest seed or fruit.
  2. To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
noun
  1. The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron
noun
  1. A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Initialism of military antishock trousers; inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease blood loss and prevent the onset of shock, similar to a tourniquet.

Pronunciation

mäst /mɑːst/ /mæst/ en-us-mast.ogg

Word forms

mast masts masting masted

Etymology

From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”). Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.

Synonyms

PASG

Related words

boom column crow's nest flagpole pole pylon spar top maintop foretop mizzentop tower mast cell

Derived words

admiral's mast before the mast captain's mast flag mast foremast half-mast jiggermast jury mast lash oneself to the mast mack mainmast mast bumping mast-cell mast climbing mast coat mast foot masthead masthouse mastlike mastman mastrope mastspore mast step mastwood meritorious mast mizenmast mizzen-mast nail one's colors to the mast nail one's colours to the mast neuromast overmast remast royal mast spankermast supermast tie oneself to the mast unmast mastless demast dismast beechmast beech mast buckmast mastage mast seeding masty mast year

Translations

Polish: maszt Welsh: mast
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