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mast

Pronunciation: /mɑːst/

The English word “mast” has 8 meanings listed here.

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.
  3. 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.
  4. The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron
  5. A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.

verb

  1. To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).
  2. To feed on forest seed or fruit.
  3. To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.

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.

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