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massed, mast
massed (MAS't) (verb)
Accumulated or gathered together: The bands massed in the park before the start of the parade.
mast (MAST) (noun)
A tall vertical spar, sometimes sectioned, that rises from the keel or deck of a sailing vessel to support the sails and the standing and running rigging: The tree that the builder used for the mast was a special pine grown in North America.
The tall mast ships massed in the harbor for the special historical anniversary.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group M; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Greek: breast; the front of the human chest and either of two soft rounded organs on each side of the chest in women and men; however, with women the organs are more prominent and produce milk after childbirth; also, a milk-producing gland in mammals that corresponds to the human breast)