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main stream

main stream is the alternative form of mainstream.

Meaning of mainstream

Noun

mainstream (plural mainstreams)

  1. The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
  2. (usually) That which is common; the norm.
    • ideas outside of the mainstream

See all 6 meanings of mainstream

Forms of main stream

pluralmain streams

Questions about main stream

What is main stream the alternative form of?
Main stream is the alternative form of mainstream.

Words near main stream in the dictionary

  1. main signals
  2. main stage
  3. main stages
  4. Main Standard Time
  5. main stem
  6. main stream
  7. main streams
  8. main street
  9. main streets
  10. main thing
  11. main verb

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Adapted from Wiktionary: main stream (page history and authors); mainstream (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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