Definitions for mains
mains

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1. mainsnoun

   The source of electrical power in a building; the wiring system of a building.

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1. mainsnoun

   The domestic electrical power supply.

   I plugged it into the mains and it blew up!

2. mainsnoun

   The pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings.

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1. Mainsnoun

   the farm attached to a mansion house

2. Etymology: [Scot. See Manse.]

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1. Mains

   Mains in Scotland normally refers to the main buildings of a farm. This may include a farmhouse, farm buildings such as a byre and dairy, and workers' cottages. It is a pseudo-plural, actually being a Lowland Scots corruption of the French demesne, and so is never used in the form "Main". The mains was usually the principal farm on an estate, or at least the one with the most fertile ground. The Laird's house - if there was one - may have been nearby or some distance away but is not usually part of the mains. The equivalent in England would be a home farm or perhaps a manor. Many mains remain as working farms, while others have been converted to residential accommodation. Sometimes the buildings and/or farm have disappeared altogether and only the name survives. Mains occurs frequently in Scottish placenames, most noticeably/frequently in the north east of the country, and east coast, extending down into Fife. The usual form is "Mains of X", without the definite article, "the", for example, "Mains of Hallhead". However, the best known example of its use in a Scottish placename is Davidson's Mains, now a suburb of Edinburgh, which does not follow this form. Indeed south of the M8, Mains names almost invariably take the form "X Mains", as in "Mordington Mains". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary notes the same word/corruption/usage to have occurred in Northern England, and farm names of the form "X Mains" can also be found in northern Northumberland. In some cases, new owners have renamed various mains, "manor" in ignorance of the distinction in Scotland. There are also occasional instances of the media using the tautology, "Mains of X farm". In the local area, it will often be referred to as "the mains".

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1. Mains

   mānz, n. (Scot.) the principal or home farm.

Anagrams for mains »

1. imans

2. Mansi

3. minas

4. manis

How to pronounce mains?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say mains in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mains in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mains in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of mains in a Sentence

1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The hands that are spaced are docks, where desires can dock. (Les mains écartées sont des quais, - Où les désirs peuvent accoster.)

2. Philip Taylor:

   Growing apples is not going to work if we have summers like this every year, our access to water at the moment is purely from the mains. To give apple trees enough water to produce a decent crop would be way too expensive.

3. Christine Colvin:

   This means detecting household leaks, fixing mains infrastructure leaks, more efficient water use domestically plus implementing sustainable drainage solutions as part of desperately needed green infrastructure.

4. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Body is morning dew that shines to the rise of the hands. (Corps est rosée du matin - Qui brille au lever des mains.)

5. Le Tran Lua:

   I grabbed his hair immediately, i did not speak English, so I shouted out in French' haut le mains !'.

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