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English > 1 sense of the word *half-mast*:
NOUN	location	half-mast, half-staff	a position some distance below the top of a mast / mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress

English > *half-mast*: 1 sense > noun 1, location
Meaning	A position some distance below the top of a mast / mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress.
Synonym	half-staff
Broader	position, place	The particular portion of space occupied by something