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ELECTRIC MAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electric main mean?
• ELECTRIC MAIN (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC MAIN has 1 sense:
1. a main that distributes electricity
Familiarity information: ELECTRIC MAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A main that distributes electricity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("electric main" is a kind of...):
main (a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage)
Holonyms ("electric main" is a part of...):
grid; power grid; power system (a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region)
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