masthead
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Is masthead a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) The top of a mast.Examples: "In most American whalemen the mast-heads are manned almost simultaneously with the vessel’s leaving her port; even though she may have fifteen thousand miles, and more, to sail ere reaching her proper cruising ground."
2. (US) A list of a newspaper or other periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.Synonyms: imprintUS
3. (UK, Australia) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page; (by extension) the publication itself or the rights to it.Examples: "Maree said she felt worse after articles were written about the video, including by this masthead."Synonyms: nameplateAustraliaUK
4. (television, by extension) The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.broadly
verb (English)
1. (transitive, nautical) To send to the masthead as a punishment.Examples: "“I was mast-headed, sir.” “Mast-headed! how - for what?”"; "When the ship happened to be in a warm climate, mastheading constituted a fairly mild punishment; indeed, many regarded it as rather a relief from duty. But in inclement weather the experience was most unpleasant."transitive
2. (transitive) To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead.Examples: "It was mastheaded as "Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper.""transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary