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midmain

midmain noun: the middle part of the sea.

Noun

midmain (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) The middle part of the sea.
    • The shore his harbour , but the mid-main swum.c. 1610s, Homer (attributed), translated by George Chapman, The Crowne of all Homers Workes: Batrachomyomachia, or the Battaile of Frogs and Mise […], published 1624

Origin of midmain

From mid- + main.

Questions about midmain

What does midmain mean?
Midmain means the middle part of the sea.
What part of speech is midmain?
Midmain is a noun.

Words near midmain in the dictionary

  1. Midlothian
  2. midlumbar
  3. midlung
  4. midlungs
  5. midluteal
  6. midmain
  7. midmajor
  8. midmajors
  9. midman
  10. midmanagement
  11. midmandibular

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