mast

1. Nautical. A tall vertical spar, sometimes sectioned, that rises from the keel or deck of a sailing vessel to support the sails and the standing and running rigging.
2. 1. A vertical pole.
   2. A tall vertical antenna, as for a radio.
3. A captain's mast.

[Middle English, from Old English mæst.]

(măst)

[Middle English, from Old English mæst.]

1. A tower which carries one or more load lines.
2. The load-bearing component of a derrick, or the like.

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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, Pakistan, and Iran a type of religious intoxication
• Mast (film) is a 1999 Indian movie by Ram Gopal Verma
• Mast (hieroglyph), an Egyptian language triliteral
• 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 mechanism 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
• Mutual Aid Standard Tactics, an alternative name for Public Order Training, undertaken by British police officers
• 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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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - mast, flagstang

idioms:

• radio mast    radiomast
• television mast    tv-mast

2.
n. - olden, bog

Nederlands (Dutch)
mast, disciplinair verhoor in zeemacht, noten/fruit op bosgrond, van een mast voorzien

Français (French)
1.
n. - mât, (Radio, TV) pylône

idioms:

• radio mast    pylône radio
• television mast    pylône télé

2.
n. - (Agric) glans et faines (npl), faînes (de hêtre)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Mast

idioms:

• radio mast    Funkturm
• television mast    Fernsehantenne

2.
n. - Mast, Mastfutter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ιστός, κατάρτι, κοντάρι (σημαίας), στύλος, στήλη
v. - εξοπλίζω με κατάρτια

idioms:

• radio mast    ιστός ασυρμάτου
• television mast    ιστός κεραίας τηλεόρασης

Italiano (Italian)
antenna, albero

idioms:

• radio mast    antenna radiotrasmittente
• television mast    antenna televisiva

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mastro (m)
v. - mastrear

idioms:

• radio mast    mastro de antena de rádio (m)
• television mast    mastro de antena de televisão (m)

Русский (Russian)
мачта, ставить мачту

idioms:

• radio mast    радиомачта
• television mast    телевизионная мачта

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - mástil, torre, antena, palo, poste

idioms:

• radio mast    mástil (torre) de antena, torre emisora de radio
• television mast    mástil de televisión, antena de televisión

2.
n. - bellotas, bayucos, alimento para cerdos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ollon, mast
v. - förmasta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 桅杆, 樯, 旗杆, 柱, 天线杆

idioms:

• radio mast    无线发射塔
• television mast    电视塔

2. 桅杆, 樯, 旗杆, 柱, 天线杆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 桅杆, 檣, 旗杆, 柱, 天線杆

idioms:

• radio mast    無線發射塔
• television mast    電視塔

2.
n. - 桅杆, 檣, 旗杆, 柱, 天線杆

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (배의) 돛을 다는 기둥

2.
n. - 떡갈나무의 열매

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - マスト, 帆柱, 高い柱, 旗ざお, カシワの実

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عمود, صاريه (فعل) يزود بدعامه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תורן, תורן האנטנה‬
n. - ‮פירות של עצי יער, בעיקר כאוכל לחזירים‬

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