half-mast (Meaning)
Wordnet
half-mast (n)
a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress
Webster
half-mast (n.)
A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
Synonyms & Antonyms of half-mast
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half-mast Sentence Examples
- The flag was flown at half-mast to honor the fallen soldier.
- The nation mourned as the flags flew half-mast in remembrance of the tragedy.
- The ship's sails hung at half-mast, casting a somber shadow on the water.
- The community gathered at the memorial, where the flag flew half-mast in solemn tribute.
- The president ordered the flags at government buildings to be flown at half-mast for a week.
- The family requested that the flags be flown at half-mast until the funeral services were complete.
- The church bells tolled mournfully as the flags fluttered half-mast nearby.
- The half-mast flag served as a poignant reminder of the loss the city had suffered.
- The professor lowered the flag to half-mast, marking the somber occasion.
- The nation united in grief as flags flew half-mast across the land.
FAQs About the word half-mast
a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distressA point some distance below the top of a mast or st
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The flag was flown at half-mast to honor the fallen soldier.
The nation mourned as the flags flew half-mast in remembrance of the tragedy.
The ship's sails hung at half-mast, casting a somber shadow on the water.
The community gathered at the memorial, where the flag flew half-mast in solemn tribute.
