Definitions for half-mast

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Spelling: [haf-mast, hahf-mahst]
IPA: /ˈhæfˈmæst, ˈhɑfˈmɑst/

Half-Mast is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in half-mast (-aafhlmst).

Definitions for half-mast

noun

  1. a position approximately halfway between the top of a mast, staff, etc., and its base.

verb (used with object)

  1. to place (a flag) at half-mast, as a mark of respect for the dead or as a signal of distress.

Origin of half-mast

First recorded in 1620-30

Examples for half-mast

But would they half-mast the flags here for a boarder, Mr. Smith?

Flags at the border crossing and private homes fly at half-mast in honor of Ivie.

Flags flew at half-mast from their steeples, and their bells tolled in grief.

The Bremen brig had her colors at half-mast, appealing to us for aid.

Preliminary to lowering from half-mast it should first be raised to top.

Flags are at half-mast, and funeral guns are sounding in our hearts.

If a male performer is only flying at half-mast, he may have to spend more time trying to get ready than actually performing.

In a show of solidarity, liberal Republican Mayor John Lindsay ordered that flags be flown at half-mast.

Outside, somebody had taken care to lower the flags to half-mast.

The flags on all public buildings, and on the ships in the harbor, were at half-mast.

Word Value for half-mast
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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