mains
Because it is a word with a single syllable, mains is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofmains
- Short for mainline.
- To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.
Example: "He mains the same character as me in that game."
- Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.
- That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
- A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
- Short for main course.
Example: "I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert."
- The high seas.
- The mainland.
- Short for mainsail.
- (except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.
- A hand or match in a game of dice.
- The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
- A stake played for at dice.
- A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
- A banker's shovel for coins.
- A basket for gathering grapes.
- The domestic electrical power supply.
Example: "I plugged it into the mains and it blew up!"
- The pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings.
- The main course of a meal.
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