Dictionary Entry
mainspring
mainspring is a 10-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 20 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.
- 2noun
the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism
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