mains

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /meɪnz/
  • Rhymes: -eɪnz
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Etymology 1

Noun

mains

  1. plural of main

Noun

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mains (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly British) The domestic electrical power supply.
    I plugged it into the mains and it blew up!
  2. The pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings.
  3. The main course of a meal.
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Verb

mains

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of main

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Etymology 2

Related to manse.

Noun

mains (plural mains)

  1. (Scotland) The farm attached to a mansion house.
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
      Though no minister would visit the Skerburnfoot, or, if he went, departed quicker than he came, the girl Ailie attended regular at the catechising at the mains of Sker.
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French

Pronunciation

Noun

mains f

  1. plural of main

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin minus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mains m (plural mains)

  1. (Jersey, mathematics) minus sign
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