SkyfireDict

main   (TTS Sound)

The noun main has 2 senses

• main, briny -- (any very large body of (salt) water)


• main -- (a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage)

The adj main has 3 senses

• chief, main, primary, principal, master -- (most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch")


• independent, main -- ((of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb")


• main -- (of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength")