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Word: mast (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • 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.
  • The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, &c.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.

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Verb:

  • To supply and fit a mast to a ship

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