Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "mast" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

boatyard sailing ship ship

Derived Terms

admiral's mast beech mast beechmast before the mast buckmast captain's mast demast dismast flag mast foremast half-mast jiggermast jury mast lash oneself to the mast mack mainmast mast bumping mast climbing mast coat mast foot mast seeding mast step mast year mast-cell mastage masthead masthouse mastless mastlike mastman mastrope mastspore mastwood masty meritorious mast mizenmast mizzen-mast nail one's colors to the mast nail one's colours to the mast neuromast overmast remast royal mast spankermast supermast tie oneself to the mast unmast

Etymologically Related To

meat

Context

agriculture ecology forestry naval

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

feed nut pole provender spar

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

cage mast foremast lattice mast mainmast military mast mizzenmast pagoda mast pole mast topmast tripod mast

Type Of (IsA)

boat or ship part feed key part of sailboat nut pole spar support column

Part Of

sailboat sailing vessel

Related Terms

boom column crow's nest flagpole foretop maintop mast cell mizzentop pole pylon spar top tower

Related Terms

aerial boat boom breast column crow's nest flagpole floodlight guy wire mast cell mastoid process mastoidal mastoidectomy mastoiditis nipple on boat on ships pole pylon sail sails ships spar tall tall tree top tower tree udder

Synonym Network

pasg

Used For

boat climbing crows nest to perch upon foisting sails generate signals hoisting flag hoisting sail hold sail hold up sails holding crows nest holding rigging holding sail holding sails holding up high holding up sails holding up sails on shops holding yardarms and sails mounting antenna mounting navigation lights move ship through water raise sail sail sail on boat sailboat sailing ship supporting sail transmitting unfurling sheets yatchs

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.