mast
/mæst/
verb
- To provide a ship or boat with a mast or masts.
- The old schooner was masted with pine timber.
- The shipyard masted the new vessel last week.
- They mast the boat with a single tall pole.
noun
- A tall upright post on a ship or boat that supports the sails.
- The ship's mast snapped during the storm.
- The sailor climbed the mast to fix the torn sail.
- They raised the flag to the top of the mast.
- A tall upright pole used for a flag, antenna, or other equipment.
- A radio mast stood on the hilltop.
- Workers installed a new antenna mast on the roof.
- The flag flew proudly from the mast in the town square.
- The fruit of forest trees such as beech, oak, and chestnut, used as food for animals.
- Wild boar feed on mast in the autumn.
- The forest floor was covered with mast from the oak trees.
- A good mast crop means plenty of food for squirrels.