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mastro — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flagpole noun A tall pole used to raise and display one or more flags.
  • mast noun A tall upright pole that supports sails, an antenna, or other equipment.

Senses

mastro is used for these senses in English:

  • flagpole A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
  • mast (nautical, communications, 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). [from 9th c.]

mast — full definition

  1. noun A tall upright pole that supports sails, an antenna, or other equipment.
  2. noun Nuts such as acorns and beechnuts that have fallen and are used to feed animals like pigs.
  3. verb To fit a ship with a mast.
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