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mast

About 4.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun 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.
  3. verb To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).
  4. noun 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.
  5. verb To feed on forest seed or fruit.
  6. verb To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
  7. noun The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron
  8. noun A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.

Similar words

maintop sprit topgallant masthead mizzen flagpole pole spar mat foretop

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Word family

captain's mast masted masting masts

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