Mast
noun
A tall vertical pole used to support the sails on a ship.
The sailor climbed to the top of the mast to look out to sea.
Often appears as...
- climb the mast
- lower the mast
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Technical
noun
The vertical pole that supports the antennas on a radio or television tower.
The broadcasting mast towered over the nearby buildings.
Often appears as...
- television mast
- radio mast
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Technical
noun
The nuts, acorns and other seeds that fall from trees, eaten by animals like pigs and squirrels.
After the strong wind, the ground under the oak tree was covered with mast.
Often appears as...
- oak mast
- beech mast
noun
A tall vertical pole used to support the sails on a ship.
The sailor climbed to the top of the mast to look out to sea.
Often appears as...
- climb the mast
- lower the mast
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The vertical pole that supports the antennas on a radio or television tower.
The broadcasting mast towered over the nearby buildings.
Often appears as...
- television mast
- radio mast
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The nuts, acorns and other seeds that fall from trees, eaten by animals like pigs and squirrels.
After the strong wind, the ground under the oak tree was covered with mast.
Often appears as...
- oak mast
- beech mast
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Term
Used in a sailing context to describe the structure on a ship.
During the storm, the ship's mast cracked under the pressure.
Pro Tip 2/3Part of Rigging
Refers to a key component of the ship that aids in control and propulsion.
The crew spent the morning repairing the rigging around the mast.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Mast as a symbol can evoke images of adventure and exploration.
He gazed at the mast, dreaming of distant lands.
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Term
Used in a sailing context to describe the structure on a ship.
During the storm, the ship's mast cracked under the pressure.
Pro Tip 2/3Part of Rigging
Refers to a key component of the ship that aids in control and propulsion.
The crew spent the morning repairing the rigging around the mast.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Mast as a symbol can evoke images of adventure and exploration.
He gazed at the mast, dreaming of distant lands.
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Term
Used in a sailing context to describe the structure on a ship.
During the storm, the ship's mast cracked under the pressure.
Pro Tip 2/3Part of Rigging
Refers to a key component of the ship that aids in control and propulsion.
The crew spent the morning repairing the rigging around the mast.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Mast as a symbol can evoke images of adventure and exploration.
He gazed at the mast, dreaming of distant lands.
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Safari Live - Day 198 PIPE...
they are stripping vegetation on masts and I haven't been too destructive I suppose on trees just yet but I suppose it's coming as we get into more wooded areas will start to see that's the same destruction that Sydney was pointing out just now but rarely been a beautiful sighting of these Ailey's and there must
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How to Build a Teepee PIPE...
takes all hands to hoist to the unwieldy canvas up to the top of the teepee get our stick put in handled right in there and push that all the way up to the top okay sinks heavy they work the canvas up the poles like a sail is raised on the mast of a boat push that to the top okay yeah
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Bethany Ehlmann:...
but that technology development is a huge part of our exploration and our ability to access the stories and the discoveries on other worlds so this is in the lab testing that that chemcam instrument that fires its laser out of that location in the mast all of this
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The surprising thing I...
to try to be the fastest person ever to sail solo nonstop around the world. Now for this, I needed a different bigger, wider, faster, more powerful. Just to give that boat some scale, I could climb inside her mast all the way to the top.
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Daniel Goldstein: The...
stay with me -- so that you can't hear the song, and then I'm going to have you tie me to the mast so that I can listen and we can all sail by unaffected." So this is a captain putting the life of every single person on the ship at risk
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Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
boisterous manner this elephant wonder if he isn't in a bit of mast obviously we can't see now because he's completely wet so we can't see if he's sweating from his possibly in must I'm not sure as I said we can't tell now because he's
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Patrolling Arctic Man PIPE...
daunting we literally have to set up another state trooper post temporarily for this event this year troopers beefed up their presence by adding a mobile command center with satellite service and a mast camera to aid in monitoring
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The myth of Icarus and...
He invented the ship's sail and mast, which gave humans control over the wind. With every creation, Daedalus challenged human limitations that had so far kept mortals separate from gods, until finally, he broke right through.
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How Wildlife Overcame...
bow maybe someone up the mast just spying for icebergs the extreme winds and colds here a huge deterrents for human life but the ACC actually creates the perfect conditions for wildlife
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Wireless data from every...
Do you know that we have 1.4 million cellular radio masts deployed worldwide?
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Safari Live - Day 198 PIPE...
they are stripping vegetation on masts and I haven't been too destructive I suppose on trees just yet but I suppose it's coming as we get into more wooded areas will start to see that's the same destruction that Sydney was pointing out just now but rarely been a beautiful sighting of these Ailey's and there must
Video examples
How to Build a Teepee PIPE...
takes all hands to hoist to the unwieldy canvas up to the top of the teepee get our stick put in handled right in there and push that all the way up to the top okay sinks heavy they work the canvas up the poles like a sail is raised on the mast of a boat push that to the top okay yeah
Video examples
Bethany Ehlmann:...
but that technology development is a huge part of our exploration and our ability to access the stories and the discoveries on other worlds so this is in the lab testing that that chemcam instrument that fires its laser out of that location in the mast all of this
Video examples
The surprising thing I...
to try to be the fastest person ever to sail solo nonstop around the world. Now for this, I needed a different bigger, wider, faster, more powerful. Just to give that boat some scale, I could climb inside her mast all the way to the top.
Video examples
Daniel Goldstein: The...
stay with me -- so that you can't hear the song, and then I'm going to have you tie me to the mast so that I can listen and we can all sail by unaffected." So this is a captain putting the life of every single person on the ship at risk
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
boisterous manner this elephant wonder if he isn't in a bit of mast obviously we can't see now because he's completely wet so we can't see if he's sweating from his possibly in must I'm not sure as I said we can't tell now because he's
Video examples
Patrolling Arctic Man PIPE...
daunting we literally have to set up another state trooper post temporarily for this event this year troopers beefed up their presence by adding a mobile command center with satellite service and a mast camera to aid in monitoring
Video examples
The myth of Icarus and...
He invented the ship's sail and mast, which gave humans control over the wind. With every creation, Daedalus challenged human limitations that had so far kept mortals separate from gods, until finally, he broke right through.
Video examples
How Wildlife Overcame...
bow maybe someone up the mast just spying for icebergs the extreme winds and colds here a huge deterrents for human life but the ACC actually creates the perfect conditions for wildlife
Video examples
Wireless data from every...
Do you know that we have 1.4 million cellular radio masts deployed worldwide?
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
Worldwide, enormous areas of peatland are still being lost to agricultural development, drainage schemes, overgrazing, and exploitation-based infrastructure development projects such as roads, electricity pylons, telephone masts and gas pipelines.
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Phillip Noyce
Australian Director
Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat.
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Mark Kurlansky
American Journalist
Commercial fishing is always so behind the curve of technology that they were building ships with wooden hulls and masts in the 1940s, though it also had a diesel engine, which probably was used most of the time.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.
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William Bligh
British Soldier
The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.
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Jose Andres
Spanish Chef
The first time I saw America was from my perch on the mast of a Spanish naval ship, where I could spot the Statue of Liberty reaching proudly into the open, endless American sky.
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Van Heflin
I spent six years before the mast on all types of merchant ships, and naturally I feel well qualified for seafaring roles.
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Peter S. Beagle
American Author
The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
Worldwide, enormous areas of peatland are still being lost to agricultural development, drainage schemes, overgrazing, and exploitation-based infrastructure development projects such as roads, electricity pylons, telephone masts and gas pipelines.
Quote examples
Phillip Noyce
Australian Director
Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat.
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Mark Kurlansky
American Journalist
Commercial fishing is always so behind the curve of technology that they were building ships with wooden hulls and masts in the 1940s, though it also had a diesel engine, which probably was used most of the time.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.
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William Bligh
British Soldier
The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.
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Jose Andres
Spanish Chef
The first time I saw America was from my perch on the mast of a Spanish naval ship, where I could spot the Statue of Liberty reaching proudly into the open, endless American sky.
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Van Heflin
I spent six years before the mast on all types of merchant ships, and naturally I feel well qualified for seafaring roles.
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Peter S. Beagle
American Author
The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships.
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