three-master

[ three-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

/ ˈθriˈmæs tər, -ˈmɑ stər /

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noun Nautical.

a sailing ship with three masts.

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Origin of three-master

First recorded in 1880–85

OTHER WORDS FROM three-master

three-masted, adjective

Words nearby three-master

three-handed, Three Hours, three-legged, three-legged race, three-line whip, three-master, Three Mile Island, three-mile limit, three of a kind, three old cat, threep

How to use three-master in a sentence

Their three-day scientific outing was paid for by Epstein and was big success.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.
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So I was looking back at the years, and that really popped out at me, those three years.
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Of the three nominated, Webster did the best, receiving 12 votes, Gohmert and Yoho received three and two votes, respectively.
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It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
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I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
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There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
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In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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And with some expressions of mutual good-will and interest, master and man separated.
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