main

main is a 4-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A hand or match at dice. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A hand or match at dice.
2. noun. A stake played for at dice.
3. noun. The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
4. noun. A match at cockfighting.
5. noun. A main-hamper.
6. verb. Strength; force; might; violent effort.
7. verb. The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
8. verb. The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
9. verb. The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
10. verb. principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
11. adjective. Very or extremely strong.
12. adjective. Vast; huge.
13. adjective. Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
14. adjective. Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.
15. adjective. Important; necessary.
16. adjective. Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
17. noun. a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
18. noun. any very large body of (salt) water

    Synonyms: briny

19. adjective. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

    "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"

    Synonyms: independent

20. adjective. most important element

    "the chief aim of living"

    "the main doors were of solid glass"

    Synonyms: chief, master, primary, principal

21. adjective. of force; of the greatest possible intensity

    "by main strength"

Synonyms

briny, independent, chief, master, primary, principal

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in main:

amin, anim, iman, mani, mian, mina, naim

Common word forms

mains, mainer, mainly

Words from these letters

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