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1. Most important element
   "the main doors were of solid glass"
   - chief, primary, principal, master
    
2. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
   "the main clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
   - independent
    
3. Of force; of the greatest possible intensity
   "by main strength"

1. Any very large body of (salt) water
   - briny [Brit]
    
2. A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

Sounds like: mane, Maine

Derived forms: mains

See also: important, intense, of import

Type of: body of water, pipage, pipe, piping, water

Part of: base, hydrosphere, infrastructure

Encyclopedia: Main Main, Verner Wright