Mast

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical 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.
  • n. A vertical pole.
  • n. A tall vertical antenna, as for a radio.
  • n. A captain's mast.
  • n. The nuts of forest trees accumulated on the ground, used especially as food for swine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • v. To feed on forest seed or fruit.
  • v. To vary fruit and seed production in multi-year cycles.
  • n. A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for examples, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.
  • v. To supply and fit a mast to a ship
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
  • n. A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes.
  • v. To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. Any tall pole.
  • n. The main upright member of a derrick or crane, against which the boom abuts.
  • To fix a mast or masts in; supply with a mast or masts; erect the masts of: as, to mast a ship.
  • n. The fruit of the oak and beech or other forest-trees; acorns or nuts collectively, serving as food for animals.
  • To feed on mast.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any sturdy upright pole
  • n. nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
  • n. nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground
  • n. a vertical spar for supporting sails
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    masted    masting    masts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pole    provender    feed    nut   
    Form
    masted    masting    mizzenmast    mainmast    foremast   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    nuts    acorns    stick    poll    pine    mainmast    foremast    mizzen    mizzenmast    jury mast   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nast    aghast    amassed    asked    ast    bast    blast    cast    caste    classed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sail    rig    hull    pole    anchor    deck    timber    rail    bow    spire