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mast¹
- /mɑːst/ UK
- /mæst/ Canada, Northern England, US
Sounds like massed (/mæst/) · Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
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.
noun masts
- 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).
- A nonjudicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command; a meritorious mast.
verb masts · masting · masted
- To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).
mast²
- /mɑːst/ UK
- /mæst/ Canada, Northern England, US
Sounds like massed (/mæst/) · Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.
noun masts
- 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. She ſhut them ſtraight in ſties; and gaue them meate / Oke-maſt, and beech, and Cornell fruite, they eate, […]
verb masts · masting · masted
- To feed on forest seed or fruit.
- To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others. Any individual tree which masted in a generally non-mast year would be subjected to the exclusive attention of the seed predators and so would be selected against.
mast³
- /mɑːst/ UK
- /mæst/ Canada, Northern England, US
Sounds like massed (/mæst/) · Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
Clipping of Masteron.
noun
- The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron
mast⁴
- /mɑːst/ UK
- /mæst/ Canada, Northern England, US
Sounds like massed (/mæst/) · Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above.
noun masts
- A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball. Godfrey thus conquered, pretended to lose his temper, curs'd his own ill luck, swore that the table had a cast, and that the balls did not run true, changed his mast, and with great warmth challenged his enemy to double his sum.
Mast⁵
Where it comes from
* As a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“mast (pole on a ship)”).
* Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“fodder”).
* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Mast (“fat”), itself related to the sense of "fodder" above.
proper noun
- A surname.
MAST⁶
noun MASTs
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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.
Similar: PASG
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: maintop, sprit, topgallant, masthead, mizzen, flagpole, pole, spar, mat, foretop, morn, food, par, boom, position, post
Translations
Every language
noun support of a sail
| Español | mástil, mastelero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 돛대 dotdae |
| 日本語 | マスト masuto, 帆柱 hobashira |
| 中文 | 桅 wéi, 桅杆 wéigān |
| हिन्दी | मस्तूल mastūl, कूपदंड kūpdaṇḍ |
| Kiswahili | mlingoti |
| Português | mastro |
| Français | mât |
| Deutsch | Mast |
| Italiano | albero |
| Ελληνικά | ιστός istós |
| Română | catarg, arbore |
| Русский | ма́чта máčta, ма́шта mášta |
| Tiếng Việt | cột buồm, cột |
| العربية | صَارٍ ṣārin |
| עברית | תֹּרֶן tóren |
verb supply and fit a mast to a ship
| Italiano | alberare, inalberare |
|---|---|
| עברית | הִתְקִין תֹּרֶן hitkin toren |
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