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Noun Concept

Categories: Articles with short description, Acknowledgements of death, Flag practices

half-mast half-staff half mast half staff halfmast

A position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress WordNet 3.0

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A position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Half-mast or half-staff refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a building. Wikipedia

Flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a building Wikidata

The lowered position, half the height of a mast, at which a flag is flown when mourning, especially expressing respect for the dead. Wiktionary

Lowered position of a flag. Wiktionary (translation)

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

half-mast, half-staff

Wikipedia

half-mast

Wikidata

half-mast

Wiktionary

half-mast

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Half-Mast, half-staff, half mast, half staff, halfmast

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half-staff