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mainline.

Normal, principal or standard.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn/
  1. Normal, principal or standard.

    not-comparable
  2. Not fundamentalist, charismatic or evangelical.

    US · not-comparable
  3. Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.

    not-comparable
  4. Of or pertaining to a surface-level heavy rail system as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.

    not-comparable
  5. Of or pertaining to national or long-distance rail network operators as opposed to urban and suburban operators.

    not-comparable
  6. Pertaining to a direct route between two major ports.

    not-comparable
  7. Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From main + line.

verb/ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn/
  1. To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.

    slang
  2. To consume voraciously.

    broadly · informal · transitive
  3. To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.

    transitive
  4. To include (a prisoner) in the general population of a prison.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From main + line.

noun/ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn/
  1. An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.

  2. The principal route or line of a railway.

  3. In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.

  4. The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.

  5. A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.

    slang
  6. The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.

  7. Alternative form of main line.

    alt-of · alternative
  8. The general population of a prison.

Where this word comes from

From main + line.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.