mast

Other forms of mast

plural

masts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mast

What does mast mean?

mast means "a vertical spar for supporting sails". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mast?

mast has 1 syllable: mast. In IPA it is /ˈmæst/.

Is mast a common word?

mast is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.