mast
A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example,…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).
» The mast broke and our ship went adrift.
Der Mast brach ab, und unser Schiff ließ sich treiben. — Dejo
Мачта сломалась, и наше судно легло в дрейф. — Hellerick
Щогла зламалась, і наш корабель почав дрейфувати. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
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5 sensesA 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).
Mast
ма́чтаmáčta, ма́штаmášta
що́глаščóhla, ма́чтаmáčta
A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Mast
nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
(slang, uncountable)The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron
(obsolete)A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.
Examples
28 sentencesThe mast broke and our ship went adrift.
Щогла зламалась, і наш корабель почав дрейфувати. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
ruМачта сломалась, и наше судно легло в дрейф. — Hellerick
deDer Mast brach ab, und unser Schiff ließ sich treiben. — Dejo
Ulysses asked his men to tie him to the mast.
Одіссей наказав своїм матросам прив'язати себе до мачти. — deniko
deOdysseus ließ sich von seinen Männern an den Mast binden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This sailing ship has three masts.
deDieses Segelschiff ist ein Dreimaster. — Melang
This sailing ship's got three masts.
deDieses Segelschiff ist ein Dreimaster. — Melang
That sailing ship has three masts.
deDas Schiff ist ein Dreimaster. — Melang
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast,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”).
From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.
Clipping of Masteron.
From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above.
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