mains

plural of mainform-ofplural

The domestic electrical power supply, especially as connected to a network or grid.UKuncountable

• 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.UKuncountable

• 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.uncountable

third-person singular simple present indicative of mainform-ofindicativepresent

The farm attached to a mansion house.Scotland

• Though no minister would visit the Skerburnfoot, or, if he went, departed quicker than he came, the girl Ailie attended regular at the catechising at the mains of Sker.