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# mainmast

noun (plural mainmasts)

«mainmast» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The mainmast is the tallest and most important pole of a sailing ship, which holds the big sails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainmast/#m1)

### In the lessons

at sea in sea tales, the great central mast of a ship

### Examples

- The head of the house got work as a mainmast in a very fine ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainmast/#x1)
- The sailors climbed the mainmast to fix the sail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainmast/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mainmast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mainmast/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mainmast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mainmast.html) on Mova free.