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dismast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-mast
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English mast English dismast From dis- + mast.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dismasts (present, singular) dismasting (participle, present) dismasted (participle, past) dismasted (past)

Questions

What does dismast mean?
To break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire.
Where does dismast come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English mast English dismast From dis- + mast.

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