Military vs Mast - What's the difference?
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Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
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(lb) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
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Relating to war.
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Relating to armies or ground forces.
Armed forces.
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A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.
In naval tradition, a mast is a non-judicial punishment ("NJP") disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those in his command.
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.
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(of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.
(agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants) To vary fruit and seed production in multi-year cycles.
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Military is a initialism of mast.
As an adjective military
is characteristic of members of the armed forces.As a noun military
is armed forces.As a pronoun mast is
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Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
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See also
* martial * abbreviation: * army/Army * navy/Navy * air force/Air Force * marines/Marines * Merchant Marine * US National Guard * Coast GuardStatistics
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) mast, from (etyl) , Irish adhmad.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
{{der3, foremast , mainmast , masthead , mizzenmast , before the mast}}See also
(other terms) * boom * crow's nest * flagpole * spar * top, maintop, foretop, mizzentop * tower * column * pole * pylon * towerEtymology 2
(etyl) , from West Germanic; probably related to meat.Noun
(en noun)- He would begin to pick up the seed-cases or mast , squeeze each one with his fingers to see if it were fertile, and drop it if it were not.
- Oak-mast , and beech, and cornel fruit, they eat.
- Swine under an oak filling themselves with the mast .