mains

Plural: mains

Noun

• any very large body of (salt) water
• a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
• plural of main
• The domestic electrical power supply, especially as connected to a network or grid.
• A large-scale network or grid supplying any of various other services, such as water, gas or sewerage, to properties.
• The main course of a meal.
• The farm attached to a mansion house.

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of main

Examples

• I plugged it into the mains and it blew up!
• mains electricity, mains voltage
• The properties formerly relied on a well, but are now connected to the mains water supply.
• We don't have mains power out here, only a generator.
• We have gas heating, but it's bottled gas, not mains gas.

Synonyms

briny, main

Related Words

water main