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   Main

   /mān/

   

   adjective

   • 1. chief in size or importance: "a main road" Similar principalchiefheadleadingforemostmost importantmajorrulingdominantcentralfocalkeyprimemasterpremierprimaryfirsthighgrandfundamentalsupremepredominant(most) prominentpreeminentparamountoverridingcardinalcrucialvitalcriticalcapitalpivotalsalientelementalessentialstapleintrinsicurgentOpposite subsidiaryminor

   noun

   • 1. a principal pipe carrying water or gas to buildings, or taking sewage from them: "a faulty gas main"
   • ▪ a principal cable carrying electricity.
   • 2. the open ocean. archaic, literary
   • 3. short for mainsail or mainmast

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Englishmægen ‘physical force’, reinforced by Old Norse meginn, megn ‘strong, powerful’, both from a Germanic base meaning ‘have power’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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