Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The farm or fields attached to a mansion-house; the home farm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Electricity) The source of electrical power in a building; the wiring system of a building.
- noun Scot. or Brit. dial. The farm attached to a mansion house; a manse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
main . - noun chiefly UK The
domestic electrical power supply . - noun The pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings.
- noun Scotland The
farm attached to a mansion house.
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Examples
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The pressure in the city mains is often not sufficient to raise the water to the second story roof level during peak demand periods -- most of the day -- but there is enough pressure at night.
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The pressure in the city mains is often not sufficient to raise the water to the second story roof level during peak demand periods -- most of the day -- but there is enough pressure at night.
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I called the mains and won his crowns -- he was a mere baby at the game -- but half my mind was elsewhere.
Under the Red Robe Stanley John Weyman 1891
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They camped at the table, all the five of them, and some while their greed kept them wakeful, and they called the mains, but their drought kept them drinking.
A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878
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Definitely, though the mains are a bit short on veg, which you have to order as a (pricey) extra.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The menu doesn't throw up any real surprises in the gastro era, although some of the mains are a bit pricey - £10 for a burger!
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The story does not actually tell us if these lights still have any kind of mains supply?
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Additional items such as mains electricity transformers, concrete mixers, tile testing and quality control equipment, special tile kits
Chapter 10 1997
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In the political arena, once the governorship candidate has emerged, everybody settles down; what remains is to plug their selfish interests onto the "mains" of the governor, not bothering much about the person's specifications of his running mate, who, in reality, is a
Vanguard 2010
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A three-course set lunch featuring mains such as mains such as Sous Vide Of Beef Cheeks pasta starts from a very reasonable $26.
TODAYonline 2010
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