Meaning

5 senses
  1. The top of a mast.

    Mastspitze

    the head or top of a mast

  2. (US)The list of a newspaper's or another periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.

    Mitarbeiterverzeichnis

  3. (Australia, New Zealand, UK)The title (normally in a large and distinctive font, and at the top of the front page) of a newspaper or another periodical.

    Titel

    the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page

  4. The title (normally in a large and distinctive font, and at the top of the front page) of a newspaper or another periodical.

    (Australia, New Zealand, UK, broadly)The publication itself, or the rights to publish it.

  5. (broadly)The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
top of the mast:
list of a paper's main staff:
title:

Origin

From mast + head.

From mast + head.

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Forms

plural: mastheads
Singularmasthead
Pluralmastheads

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.:flag

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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