mainspring

Meaning of mainspring

noun
  1. The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
  2. The most important reason for something (Cf. spring "origin of something" (literary) (often in the plural) the springs of her ambition).
    My daughter is the mainspring of my life.

Information about mainspring

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of mainspring is: mainsprings.
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Hyphenation of mainspring

main-spring

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • mainspring is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with mainspring

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