main
1. any very large body of (salt) water
• Syn:
briny
• Derivationally related forms:
briny (for: briny)
• Hypernyms:
body of water, water
• Part Holonyms:
hydrosphere
• Part Meronyms:
high sea, international waters, offing, territorial waters
2. a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
• Hypernyms:
pipe, pipage, piping
• Hyponyms:
electric main, gas main, sewer main, sewer line, water main
• Part Holonyms:
infrastructure, base
1. most important element (Freq. 33)
- 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
• Syn:
chief, primary, principal, master
• Similar to:
important, of import
2. (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
• Syn:
independent
• Ant:
dependent (for: independent)
• Topics:
grammar
3. of force;
of the greatest possible intensity
- by main strength
• Similar to:
intense
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