Collocations for "masting"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "masting" in context.
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mast
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [boat, yacht, trawler] mast
- UK: the [tower, antenna, phone, telephone] mast
- UK: lightning [struck, destroyed] the [tower] mast
- UK: a mobile phone mast
- [raise, lower, tighten] the (boat's) mast
- [held, gripped] onto the mast
- the waves [lashed, slapped] against the mast
- the mast was [broken, split, destroyed] by (the waves)
- the flag was (flying) at half-mast
- at half-mast [in, as a mark of] respect for
- at half-mast in [commemoration, honor] of (the victims)
- UK, idiom: [nail, pin] your colors to the mast
- mast a [ship, boat, vessel]
- mast the [ship] for [sail, sailing, competition]