The meaning of Mains

Mains – definition

noun
A principal pipe carrying water or gas to buildings, or taking sewage from them.
Usage examples:
A faulty gas main
noun
The open ocean.
Synonims:
Sea Ocean Deep Brine The drink The briny
noun
Short for mainsail or mainmast.

noun
(in the game of hazard) a number (5, 6, 7, 8, or 9) called by a player before dice are thrown.
noun
A match between gamecocks.
Usage examples:
At a big cockfight main with massa lea early during the 1824 season, uncle mingo heard from an old …

adjective
Chief in size or importance.
Usage examples:
A main road

proper noun
A river of south-western germany which rises in northern bavaria and flows 500 km (310 miles) westwards, through frankfurt, to meet the river rhine at mainz.

phrase
The system of pipes or wires that carry water or electricity into a house, or the pipes that carry sewage away from a house
Usage examples:
The house isn't on the mains., they bought a house with no mains supply., mains electricity, not al…

Mains translation into English

Mains: translate from English into Chinese

电源

Mains: translate from English into Dutch

Lichtnet, Hoofdnet

Mains: translate from English into French

Secteur

Mains: translate from English into German

Netz, Hauptleitung, Anschlusskabel

Mains: translate from English into Hindi

साधन, मुख्य तार, मुख्य नल

Mains: translate from English into Italian

Alimentazione, Luce ed elettricità

Mains: translate from English into Korean

전원

Mains: translate from English into Russian

Сеть

Mains: translate from English into Spanish

Red eléctrica

Word origin

late 16th century: probably from the phrase main chance .

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Mains – similar words

maine

proper noun
A state in the north-eastern us, on the coast of the atlantic ocean; population 1,316,456 (est. 2008); capital, augusta. visited by john cabot in 1498 and colonized by england in the 17th and 18th centuries, it became the 23rd state of the us in 1820.

noun
A state in the northeastern us, whose capital city is augusta
Usage examples:
The restaurant serves maine lobster., they were living in southern maine.

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main

adjective
Chief in size or importance.
Usage examples:
A main road

noun
A principal pipe carrying water or gas to buildings, or taking sewage from them.
Usage examples:
A faulty gas main

noun
(in the game of hazard) a number (5, 6, 7, 8, or 9) called by a player before dice are thrown.

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Mains synonims

brine

noun
Water strongly impregnated with salt.
Usage examples:
Other vegetables would be pickled in brine

verb
Soak or preserve in salty water.
Usage examples:
Brine the chicken up to one day before grilling

noun
Water with salt in it

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deep

adjective
Extending far down from the top or surface.
Usage examples:
A deep gorge

noun
The sea.
Usage examples:
Denizens of the deep

adverb
The part of the field distant from the batsman.

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ocean

noun
A very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
Usage examples:
The atlantic ocean

noun
The large mass of salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface
Usage examples:
[ u ] these mysterious creatures live at the bottom of the ocean., [ c ] the atlantic/pacific/india…

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sea

noun
The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses.
Usage examples:
A ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea

abbreviation
Short for single european act.

noun
A large area of salt water that is partly or completely surrounded by land, or the salt water that covers most of the surface of the earth
Usage examples:
[ c ] the caribbean/mediterranean sea, [ c ] the seas are filled with creatures we know nothing abo…

All meanings and translations of Sea

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