Main (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan.
  2. sheer; utmost, as strength or force: to lift a stone by main force.
  3. of or relating to a broad expanse: main sea.
  4. syntactically independent; capable of use in isolation.
  5. Nautical.
    • of or relating to a mainmast.
    • noting or pertaining to a sail, yard, boom, etc., or to any rigging belonging to a mainmast.
    • noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a mainmast: main topmast stay.
  6. Obsolete.
    • having or exerting great strength or force; mighty.
    • having momentous or important results; significant.
noun
  1. a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
  2. physical strength, power, or force: to struggle with might and main.
  3. the chief or principal part or point: The main of their investments was lost during the war.
  4. the open ocean; high sea: the bounding main.
  5. the mainland.
  6. a main course in a meal: The restaurant offers four mains: one chicken, two beef, and one fish.
adverb
  1. very; exceedingly: The dogs treed a main big coon.
verb (used with or without object)
  1. mainline.
Idioms
  1. for the most part; chiefly: In the main, the novel was dull reading.
noun
  1. a cockfighting match.
noun
  1. a river in central and W Germany, flowing W from the Bohemian Forest in N Bavaria into the Rhine at Mainz. 305 miles (490 km) long.
adjective (prenominal)
  1. chief or principal in rank, importance, size, etc
  2. sheer or utmost (esp in the phrase by main force)
  3. of, relating to, or denoting any gear, such as a stay or sail, belonging to the mainmast
  4. significant or important
noun
  1. a principal pipe, conduit, duct, or line in a system used to distribute water, electricity, etc
  2. (plural)
    • the main distribution network for water, gas, or electricity
    • (as modifier)
  3. the chief or most important part or consideration
  4. great strength or force (now chiefly in the phrase (with) might and main)
  5. the open ocean
  6. archaic short for Spanish Main
  7. archaic short for mainland
  8. on the whole; for the most part
noun
  1. a throw of the dice in dice games
  2. a cockfighting contest
  3. a match in archery, boxing, etc
noun
  1. a river in central and W Germany, flowing west through Würzburg and Frankfurt to the Rhine. Length: about 515 km (320 miles)
Main (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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