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mast

/mæst/noun1 syllable

Mast means: a vertical spar for supporting sails.

What does mast mean?4

noun

1

a vertical spar for supporting sails

2

nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground

3

nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine

4

any sturdy upright pole

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with mast?14

two syllables

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Mast in a sentence

  • As a mark of respect, the flag was lowered to half mast.sundown
  • The mast broke and our ship went adrift.Dejo
  • Ulysses asked his men to tie him to the mast.Hybrid
  • It is tradition to fly the flag at half mast to signify mourning.wedget
  • The flag was lowered to half mast as a mark of respect.sundown
  • The sailor climbed the ratlines to reach the mast.mraz
  • The national flag was lowered to half-mast.ninefi
  • The sailors were sitting about the rigging, on the cross-trees, and at the mast-heads.Hybrid

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Forms of mast

as a noun

plural
masts