flagstaff
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- noun
- /ˈflæɡstæf/
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mástil
- In 1894, Percival Lowell, an independently wealthy American astronomer, built the eponymous Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Examples
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Fifteen miles northeast of Flagstaff, a 1,000-foot cone dominates the landscape.
Academic text (2004) -
Like the flagstaff on the stern of a battleship.
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Tom put his hand up to lean against the flagstaff when a furtive tread behind him made him turn.
Fiction book (1992) -
Behind him is the top of an Army standard, a Flagstaff with an eagle finial, and just above it, in the haze, a faint star.
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A line of four threadbare trees gesticulated like marionettes behind the flagstaff.
Fiction book (2001) -
The flag was raised high on the flagstaff, fluttering in the wind.
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During the ceremony, the veterans stood proudly by the flagstaff as the national anthem played.
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The flagstaff in the center of the park was newly painted and displayed the town's colors.
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Etymology
The word flagstaff is simply flag + staff, where staff means a 'stick' or 'pole'. So a flagstaff is literally the 'stick' that holds a flag, which is why it means a tall pole for flying a flag.