Mast

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Derived terms

 * foremast
 * mainmast
 * mizzenmast

Related terms

 * boom
 * crow's nest
 * flagpole
 * spar
 * top, maintop, foretop, mizzentop
 * tower

Verb

 * 1) To supply and fit a mast to a ship

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Adjectives for Mast
staggering; derrick-like; ripened; tapering; straining; naked; raking; towering; broken; snapped.

Verbs for Mast
clamber up—; erect—; lash nail to—; raise—; rig—; spring—; step—; strain—; tends ; —rises; —splinters; sustains; sways.

Thesaurus
advocate, alpenstock, antenna tower, arm, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, barbican, bare pole, bearer, belfry, bell tower, boom, bowsprit, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, bumpkin, buttress, campanile, cane, carrier, cervix, club, colossus, column, corset, crook, crossjack yard, crosstree, crutch, cupola, derrick, dolphin striker, dome, fire tower, flying jib boom, fore jack, fore-skysail mast, fore-skysail yard, fore-topgallant mast, fore-topgallant yard, fore-topmast, foremast, foreroyal mast, foreroyal yard, foreyard, foundation garment, fulcrum, gaff, girdle, gooseneck, guy, guywire, jack, jib boom, jock, jockstrap, king post, lantern, lazy jack, lighthouse, lower boom, main-royal mast, main-royal yard, main-skysail mast, main-topgallant mast, mainmast, mainstay, maintainer, martello, martello tower, masthead, minaret, mizzen, mizzen-royal mast, mizzenmast, monument, neck, obelisk, observation tower, pagoda, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, prop, pylon, pyramid, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rigging, shaft, shoulder, shroud, skysail yard, skyscraper, spanker boom, spanker gaff, spar, spars, spine, spire, spreader, sprit, staff, standing rigging, standpipe, stave, stay, steeple, stick, stiffener, strengthener, stupa, support, supporter, sustainer, tack bumpkin, television mast, timber, tope, topgallant mast, topgallant yard, topmast, tour, tower, tree, turret, upholder, walking stick, water tower, whisker boom, whisker pole, windmill tower, yard, yardarm

Etymology 1
mæst, from, from. Cognate with Dutch mast:, German mast:, and via Indo-European with Latin malus:, Russian мост:, Irish adhmad:.

Etymology 2
mæst, from West Germanic; probably related to meat.

Noun

 * Armenian: կայմ
 * Basque: haga
 * Catalan: pal
 * Czech:
 * Danish: mast
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: mastur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: mastur, siglutré
 * Italian:


 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:, катарка
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: јарбол
 * Roman: jarbol
 * Slovak: sťažeň
 * Spanish: mástil
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: maat

Verb

 * Italian: ,

Noun

 * Norwegian:

Anagrams

 * ASTM
 * ATMs
 * mats, Mats
 * tams

Noun

 * 1) ointment

Etymology
From.

Derived terms

 * mastička

Related terms

 * mastit
 * mastný
 * mastnota

Noun

 * 1) mast

Etymology
From *undefined:, from.

Derived terms

 * zendmast

Anagrams

 * stam, tams

Noun

 * 1) yoghurt (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)

Noun

 * 1) mast structure found on watercraft

Descendants

 * French:

Etymology 1
From mast:

Noun

 * 1) mast

Derived terms

 * fokkemast
 * stormast
 * radiomast
 * lysmast

Synonyms

 * stang

Verb
mast


 * 1) Past participle of 

Noun

 * 1) grease
 * 2) ointment
 * 3) fat
 * 4) lard
 * 5) schmaltz

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) mast, tall slim structure