mains

1. Short for mainline.
2. To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.

   He mains the same character as me in that game.

3. Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.

1. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
2. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
3. Short for main course.

   I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert.

4. The high seas.
5. The mainland.
6. Short for mainsail.
7. (except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.

1. A hand or match in a game of dice.
2. The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
3. A stake played for at dice.
4. A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
5. A banker's shovel for coins.

noun

A basket for gathering grapes.

1. The domestic electrical power supply.

   I plugged it into the mains and it blew up!

2. The pipes of a centralized water supply that transport the water to individual buildings.
3. The main course of a meal.

noun

The farm attached to a mansion house.