Usually means: Poles supporting sails on ships.
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  1. masts: Merriam-Webster
  2. masts: Collins English Dictionary
  3. masts: Vocabulary.com
  4. Mast's, Masts, mast's, masts: Wordnik
  5. masts: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. masts: Wiktionary
  7. masts: Dictionary.com
  8. masts: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Masts: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Masts: Encyclopedia

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  1. Masts: Medical dictionary

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  1. MASTS: Acronym Finder
  2. Masts: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (MAST)

noun:  (nautical, communication, aviation) 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).
noun:  (naval) A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
verb:  To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).
noun:  The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals.
verb:  (of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.
verb:  (agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants) To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
noun:  (bodybuilding slang) The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron
noun:  (obsolete, billiards) A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (emergency medicine, military) Initialism of military antishock trousers; inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease blood loss and prevent the onset of shock, similar to a tourniquet.
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