name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
mast
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: mäst
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Received-Pronunciation: /mɑːst/
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Canada, Northern-England, US: /mæst/
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homophone: massed (/mæst/)
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rhymes with -ɑːst
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rhymes with -æst
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CMU ARPABET: M AE1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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).
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Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, communication, communications, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport
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noun
Meaning 3
A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
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Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron
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Usage: slang, uncountable
Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 6
A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.
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Usage: obsolete
Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 7
Initialism of military antishock trousers; inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease blood loss and prevent the onset of shock, similar to a tourniquet.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: emergency-medicine, government, medicine, military, politics, sciences, war
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verb
Meaning 8
To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).
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verb
Meaning 9
To feed on forest seed or fruit.
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verb
Meaning 10
To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
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Topics: agriculture, biology, business, ecology, forestry, lifestyle, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 11
a vertical spar for supporting sails
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Broader terms: spar
Narrower terms: foremast, jiggermast, jigger, jury mast, mainmast, mizzenmast, mizenmast, mizzen, mizen, topmast
noun
Meaning 12
any sturdy upright pole
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Broader terms: pole
noun
Meaning 13
nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
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Broader terms: feed, provender
noun
Meaning 14
nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground
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Broader terms: nut
History
Etymology
* As a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“mast (pole on a ship)”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“fodder”). * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Mast (“fat”), itself related to the sense of "fodder" above.
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”). Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.
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.
Across languages
Translations
134 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: mas — support of a sail
- Albanian: drushtë — support of a sail
- Albanian: shul — support of a sail
- Southern Altai: мачта (mačta) — support of a sail
- Arabic: صَارٍ (ṣārin) — support of a sail
- Arabic: صاري (ṣāri) — support of a sail
- Armenian: կայմ (kaym) — support of a sail
- Middle Armenian: սարի (sari) — support of a sail
- Old Armenian: կայմ (kaym) — support of a sail
- Aromanian: catargu — support of a sail
- Aromanian: catartu — support of a sail
- Aromanian: catrig — support of a sail
- Azerbaijani: dirək — support of a sail
- Basque: haga — support of a sail
- Belarusian: ма́чта (máčta) — support of a sail
- Belarusian: шчо́гла (ščóhla) — support of a sail
- Bengali: মাস্তুল (mastul) — support of a sail
- Breton: gwern — support of a sail
- Bulgarian: ма́чта (máčta) — support of a sail
- Burmese: တိုင် (tuing) — support of a sail
- Burmese: ရွက်တိုင် (rwaktuing) — support of a sail
- Catalan: pal — support of a sail
- Chinese Mandarin: 桅 (wéi) — support of a sail
- Chinese Mandarin: 桅杆 (wéigān) — support of a sail
- Coptic: ϣⲧⲉ (šte) — support of a sail
- Coptic: ⲑⲱⲕ (thōk) — support of a sail
- Czech: stěžeň — support of a sail
- Danish: mast — support of a sail
- Dutch: mast — support of a sail
- Esperanto: masto — support of a sail
- Estonian: mast — support of a sail
- Estonian: laevamast — support of a sail
- Faroese: mastur — support of a sail
- Finnish: masto — support of a sail
- French: mât — support of a sail
- Galician: mastro — support of a sail
- Georgian: ანძა (anʒa) — support of a sail
- German: Mast — support of a sail
- Greek: ιστός (istós) — support of a sail
- Ancient Greek: ἱστός (histós) — support of a sail
- Greenlandic: napparut — support of a sail
- Hawaiian: kia — support of a sail
- Hebrew: תֹּרֶן (tóren) — support of a sail
- Hindi: मस्तूल (mastūl) — support of a sail
- Hindi: कूपदंड (kūpdaṇḍ) — support of a sail
- Hungarian: árbóc — support of a sail
- Icelandic: mastur — support of a sail
- Icelandic: siglutré — support of a sail
- Icelandic: sigla — support of a sail
- Ido: masto — support of a sail
- Indonesian: tiang — support of a sail
- Ingrian: mašti — support of a sail
- Irish: crann — support of a sail
- Irish: crann seoil — support of a sail
- Irish: seolchrann — support of a sail
- Italian: albero — support of a sail
- Japanese: マスト (masuto) — support of a sail
- Japanese: 帆柱 (hobashira) — support of a sail
- Kazakh: тірек (tırek) — support of a sail
- Kazakh: мачта (maçta) — support of a sail
- Khmer: សសរក្ដោង (sɑɑsɑsɑɑ kdaong) — support of a sail
- Khmer: ដងក្ដោង (dɑɑng kdaong) — support of a sail
- Korean: 돛대 (dotdae) — support of a sail
- Kyrgyz: мачта (macta) — support of a sail
- Lao: ເສົາເຮືອ (sao hư̄a) — support of a sail
- Lao: ເສົາກະໂດງເຮືອ (sao ka dōng hư̄a) — support of a sail
- Lao: ເສົາ (sao) — support of a sail
- Latin: mālus — support of a sail
- Latvian: masts — support of a sail
- Lithuanian: rangautas — support of a sail
- Macedonian: јарбол (jarbol) — support of a sail
- Macedonian: катарка (katarka) — support of a sail
- Malay: tiang — support of a sail
- Māori: tiratū — support of a sail
- Māori: tokotū — support of a sail
- Māori: rewa — support of a sail
- Mongolian: шураг (šurag) — support of a sail
- Norman: mât — support of a sail
- Norwegian Bokmål: mast — support of a sail
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mast — support of a sail
- Iranian Persian: دَکَل (dakal) — support of a sail
- Plautdietsch: Säajelpost — support of a sail
- Polish: maszt — support of a sail
- Portuguese: mastro — support of a sail
- Romanian: catarg — support of a sail
- Romanian: arbore — support of a sail
- Russian: ма́чта (máčta) — support of a sail
- Russian: ма́шта (mášta) — support of a sail
- Samoan: fanā — support of a sail
- Sanskrit: कूपक (kūpaka) — support of a sail
- Serbo-Croatian: ја̑рбол — support of a sail
- Serbo-Croatian: jȃrbol — support of a sail
- Slovak: sťažeň — support of a sail
- Slovak: stožiar — support of a sail
- Slovene: jambor — support of a sail
- Lower Sorbian: sćažor — support of a sail
- Upper Sorbian: sćežor — support of a sail
- Spanish: mástil — support of a sail
- Spanish: mastelero — support of a sail
- Swahili: mlingoti — support of a sail
- Swedish: mast — support of a sail
- Tagalog: puliagan — support of a sail
- Tajik: мачта (mačta) — support of a sail
- Thai: เสากระโดง (sǎo-grà-doong) — support of a sail
- Thai: กระโดง (grà-doong) — support of a sail
- Thai: เสาเรือ (sǎo-rʉʉa) — support of a sail
- Thai: เสา (sǎo) — support of a sail
- Turkish: direk — support of a sail
- Turkish: babafingo — support of a sail
- Ottoman Turkish: دیرك (direk) — support of a sail
- Turkmen: maçta — support of a sail
- Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎗𐎐 (trn) — support of a sail
- Ukrainian: що́гла (ščóhla) — support of a sail
- Ukrainian: ма́чта (máčta) — support of a sail
- Urdu: مَسْتُول (mastūl) — support of a sail
- Uzbek: machta — support of a sail
- Vietnamese: cột buồm — support of a sail
- Vietnamese: cột — support of a sail
- Volapük: maat — support of a sail
- Welsh: hwylbren — support of a sail
- Yiddish: מאַסט (mast) — support of a sail
- Polish: maszt — telecommunications mast
- Welsh: mast — telecommunications mast
- Dutch: mast — fruit of forest-trees
- Finnish: tammenterhot — fruit of forest-trees
- French: faine — fruit of forest-trees
- German: Mast — fruit of forest-trees
- Norwegian: olden — fruit of forest-trees
- Old English: mæst — fruit of forest-trees
- Catalan: arborar — supply and fit a mast to a ship
- Hebrew: הִתְקִין תֹּרֶן (hitkin toren) — supply and fit a mast to a ship
- Ido: mastizar — supply and fit a mast to a ship
- Italian: alberare — supply and fit a mast to a ship
- Italian: inalberare — supply and fit a mast to a ship