Mast is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like spar or nut. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Mast in a sentence
Related words
Mast meaning
- 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).
- A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
Using Mast
- The main meaning on this page is: 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). | A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
- Useful related words include: spar, nut, feed, provender.
- In the example corpus, mast often appears in combinations such as: the mast, mast and, half mast.
Context around Mast
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 15 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mast
- In this selection, "mast" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mizzen, backstay, shrouds, mounted, rigging and foot stand out and add context to how "mast" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the mast and 15m 5g mast is planned. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mast" sits close to words such as abigail, blu and buenos, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mast
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There are also other prescription medicines (mast cell stabilizers) that reduce the agitation at the mast cells. (17 words)
A 15m 5G mast is planned on land outside Lindsey Hall Nursing Home in Clee Road, Cleethorpes. (17 words)
That means the fore and main mast carry square sails while the sternmost, the mizzen mast, carries gaff sails. (19 words)
When lowered the mast foot was kept in the base of the mast step and the top of the mast secured in a natural wooden crook about convert high, on the port side, so that it did not interfere with steering on the starboard side. (45 words)
The difference between a ketch and a yawl is that in a ketch, the mizzen mast is forward of the rudderpost (the axis of rotation for the rudder), while a yawl has its mizzen mast behind the rudderpost. (38 words)
TV mast North Hessary Tor transmitting station and base of mast in 2010 As chairman of the Dartmoor Preservation Association (DPA), Sayer was heavily involved in all that organisation's fights for what it saw as conservation issues. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A sloop has a simple system of mast rigging — a forestay (connecting the mast to bow), a backstay (mast to stern) and shrouds (mast to sides).
When lowered the mast foot was kept in the base of the mast step and the top of the mast secured in a natural wooden crook about convert high, on the port side, so that it did not interfere with steering on the starboard side.
Mast dashed into the clear to take a cross-ice pass from Voit and connect from the right hash marks at 6:51, with Nolan Burke drawing the second assist on defenceman Mast’s fourth goal.
That means the fore and main mast carry square sails while the sternmost, the mizzen mast, carries gaff sails.
According to eyewitnesses, the man was seen approaching the mast with chains around his waist without knowing that he had the intention of climbing the mast.
The unusual design on the roof of Ice Kite is a specially-designed mast for navigation, as the client who commissioned the design did not want a regular yacht mast.
There are also other prescription medicines (mast cell stabilizers) that reduce the agitation at the mast cells.
Design Mast mounted sight The OH-58D introduced the most distinctive feature of the Kiowa family — the Mast Mounted Sight (MMS), which resembles a beach ball perched above the rotor system.
If we say what time the ship has the mast, then we have indexed the property of having the mast to that time.
In later longships there is no mast fish-the mast partner is an athwartwise beam similar to more modern construction.
The difference between a ketch and a yawl is that in a ketch, the mizzen mast is forward of the rudderpost (the axis of rotation for the rudder), while a yawl has its mizzen mast behind the rudderpost.
They have to withstand not only the voltage of the mast radiator to ground, which can reach values up to 400 kV at some antennas, but also the weight of the mast construction and dynamic forces.
This becomes exactly true in the absence of a mast—and clearly the presence of the mast is of no consequence in the generation of lift.
This method rolls the sail up around a vertical foil either inside a slot in the mast, or affixed to the outside of the mast.
Thus the sail second up the mizzen-mast is the "mizzen topsail", and the third sail up the fore-mast is the "fore topgallant sail".
TV mast North Hessary Tor transmitting station and base of mast in 2010 As chairman of the Dartmoor Preservation Association (DPA), Sayer was heavily involved in all that organisation's fights for what it saw as conservation issues.
Typically, a modern sloop carries a mainsail on a boom aft of the mast, with a single loose-footed head-sail (a jib or a genoa jib ) forward of the mast.
A 15m 5G mast is planned on land outside Lindsey Hall Nursing Home in Clee Road, Cleethorpes.
About 200 yards beyond Balfadgen point, the vessel appeared to flip over and the mast lay in the water at an acute angle.
Alex Cresswell, CEO of Thales in the UK, said: "We are extremely proud to say that our combat system mast and sonar will be providing the eyes and ears capabilities of the new Dreadnought Class.
Common combinations with mast
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the mast 50×
- mast and 17×
- half mast 10×
- mast is 9×
- mast to 8×
- mast cells 6×
- mast on 6×
- mast in 5×
- of mast 4×
- mast cell 4×