mast

1 a vertical spar for supporting sails

2 nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; used especially as food for swine

3 nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine

4 any sturdy upright pole

see Mast

English

Pronunciation

• , /mɑːst/, /mA:st/

• Rhymes: -ɑːst

Etymology 1

mæst, from Germanic *mastaz, from Indo-European *mast- ‘board’. Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast; and with Latin mālus, Russian мост ‘bridge’, Irish adhmad.

Noun

1. A tall, slim structure used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, floodlights or an aerial.

Derived terms

• mainmast

Translations

Verb

1. To supply a fit a mast to a ship

Translations

• Italian: alberare

See also

• column
• pole
• pylon
• tower

Etymology 2

mæst, from West Germanic; probably related to meat.

Noun

1. The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, &c.), especially having dropped from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.

Translations

Anagrams

• mats

Bosnian

Etymology

Noun

1. grease
2. ointment
3. fat
4. lard
5. schmaltz

Declension

Croatian

Etymology

Noun

1. grease
2. ointment
3. fat
4. lard
5. schmaltz

Declension

Czech

Etymology

Noun

1. ointment

Derived terms

• mastička

Kurdish

Noun

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

Norwegian

Etymology 1

From mast

Noun

1. mast

Derived terms

• fokkemast
• stormast
• radiomast
• lysmast

Synonyms

• stang

References

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Etymology 2

Verb

mast

1. Past participle of '''[[mase#Norwegian.

Noun

1. grease
2. ointment
3. fat
4. lard
5. schmaltz

Declension

Swedish

Noun

mast

1. mast, tall slim structure

Mast may refer to:

• Mast (botany), the edible seed and fruit produced by trees or shrubs that wildlife species will consume
• Mast cell, involved in the allergy response
• Mast (Sufism), in India, a type of religious intoxication
• Mast (film) is a 1999 Indian movie by Ram Gopal Verma
• Mast (naval), in naval tradition, a non-judicial disciplinary hearing
• Mast (sailing), a pole which holds a sail on sailing ships and boats
• Mast year, a year in which vegetation produces a significant abundance of fruit
• Radio masts and towers, poles or lattice towers which carry antennas/aerials
• Radar masts, typically on naval vessels, but also vehicles such as the 9K33 Osa.
• The primary support for a helicopter rotor
• The main vertical structure on a Forklift truck, which carries the machanism for raising and lowering the load.

Acronyms include:

• MAritime Systems and Technology Global Conference and trade-show
• Marine Science and Technology Programme of the EU
• Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak, a nuclear fusion experiment in the UK
• Military Anti-Shock Trousers, a medical device used to counteract severe blood loss
• Marine Academy of Science and Technology, a career academy located in Sandy Hook, New Jersey
• Municipal Ambulance Services Trust, an EMS provider in Kansas City, Missouri
• Multi-Application Survivable Tether, an experimental space mission

• Michigan Alcohol Screening Test, a test for Alcoholism
• Multimission Archive at STScI, a NASA astronomical data archive
• Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing Laboratory, an earthquake research simulation facility at the University of Minnesota, a part of NEES.

People include:

• Austin Mast, botanist
• Rick Mast, former NASCAR driver

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