masthead
(noun) the head or top of a mast
masthead
(noun) the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page
masthead, flag
(noun) a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
masthead (plural mastheads)
(nautical) The top of a mast.
(US) A list of a newspaper or other periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.
(UK) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper at the top of the front page
• (list of a paper's main staff): imprint (UK)
• (title): nameplate (US)
masthead (third-person singular simple present mastheads, present participle mastheading, simple past and past participle mastheaded)
(nautical, transitive) To send to the masthead as a punishment.
• Steadham
Source: Wiktionary
Mast"head`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.
Mast"head", v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment. Marryat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
