main

main
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noun
1
ADJECTIVE
gas, water
broken (AmE), burst (BrE)

water damage from broken mains

There's a burst water main in Quarry Road.

rising (BrE)
cast-iron (esp. BrE)
VERB + MAIN
lay

They're laying a new gas main through the town.

replace
repair
MAIN + VERB
serve sth

The main serves four towns.

2 mains (BrE)
MAINS + NOUN
electricity, gas, water

an island without mains electricity

PREPOSITION
at the mains

Turn the water off at the mains.

on the mains

Some of the remoter houses in the town are not on the mains.

PHRASES
connected to the mains

The house is not yet connected to the mains.

{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}
adj.
Main is used with these nouns: ↑achievement, ↑act, ↑actor, actress, ↑advantage, ↑agent, ↑aim, ↑altar, ↑ambition, ↑area, ↑argument, ↑artery, ↑aspect, ↑asset, ↑attraction, ↑attribute, ↑bathroom, ↑bedroom, ↑body, ↑building, ↑campus, ↑cause, ↑centre, ↑challenge, ↑challenger, ↑chamber, ↑character, ↑characteristic, ↑city, ↑clause, ↑competitor, ↑complaint, ↑component, ↑concern, ↑conclusion, ↑consequence, ↑consideration, ↑contender, ↑contention, ↑contributor, ↑corridor, ↑course, ↑courtyard, ↑criterion, ↑criticism, ↑culprit, ↑deck, ↑demand, ↑desk, ↑difference, ↑dimension, ↑disadvantage, ↑discipline, ↑dish, ↑distinction, ↑distributor, ↑door, ↑drawback, ↑drift, ↑effect, ↑element, ↑emphasis, ↑enemy, ↑entrance, ↑event, ↑exception, ↑exit, ↑exponent, ↑export, ↑faction, ↑factor, ↑feature, ↑finding, ↑flaw, ↑flow, ↑focus, ↑force, ↑foyer, ↑function, ↑gate, ↑goal, ↑hall, ↑hallway, ↑heading, ↑headquarters, ↑highlight, ↑highway, ↑hope, ↑hurdle, ↑idea, ↑impact, ↑impediment, ↑impetus, ↑implication, ↑import, ↑impression, ↑incentive, ↑indicator, ↑ingredient, ↑instrument, ↑interest, ↑issue, ↑item, ↑line, ↑loser, ↑meal, ↑menu, ↑message, ↑mission, ↑motivation, ↑motive, ↑object, ↑objection, ↑objective, ↑obstacle, ↑occupation, ↑offender, ↑office, ↑opponent, ↑page, ↑part, ↑participant, ↑partner, ↑party, ↑pattern, ↑plank, ↑plot, ↑post office, ↑preoccupation, ↑priority, ↑problem, ↑purpose, ↑reason, ↑recipient, ↑recommendation, ↑representative, ↑requirement, ↑residence, ↑responsibility, ↑rival, ↑road, ↑role, ↑room, ↑route, ↑sail, ↑section, ↑shareholder, ↑shopping centre, ↑shortcoming, ↑source, ↑speaker, ↑sponsor, ↑square, ↑stage, ↑stair, ↑staircase, ↑stem, ↑story, ↑strand, ↑street, ↑stress, ↑stumbling block, ↑subject, ↑supplier, ↑support, ↑suspect, ↑tank, ↑target, ↑task, ↑text, ↑theme, ↑thesis, ↑thing, ↑thread, ↑threat, ↑thrust, ↑topic, ↑track, ↑trail, ↑trend, ↑tributary, ↑type, ↑value, ↑vehicle, ↑verb, ↑witness, ↑worry

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