mains.
The domestic electrical power supply, especially as connected to a network or grid.
Meaning & usage
The domestic electrical power supply, especially as connected to a network or grid.
I plugged it into the mains and it blew up!
We don't have mains power out here, only a generator.
A large-scale network or grid supplying any of various other services, such as water, gas or sewerage, to properties.
We have gas heating, but it's bottled gas, not mains gas.
The properties formerly relied on a well, but are now connected to the mains water supply.
The main course of a meal.
The farm attached to a mansion house.
Where this word comes from
Related to manse.
plural of main
third-person singular simple present indicative of main
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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.