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watermain

watermain is the alternative form of water main.

Meaning of water main

Noun

water main (plural water mains)

  1. The principal pipe, usually underground, for conveying water to residential and business properties.
    • Helpston: Removal and replacement of rails on the main line; also the erection of a gantry to carry a water main across the railway.1960 June, “Talking of Trains: Sunday on the G.N. line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 322

Forms of watermain

pluralwatermains

Questions about watermain

What is watermain the alternative form of?
Watermain is the alternative form of water main.

Words near watermain in the dictionary

  1. Waterloovian
  2. Waterloovians
  3. Waterlooville
  4. Waterlow
  5. waterly
  6. watermain
  7. watermains
  8. watermaker
  9. watermakers
  10. waterman
  11. waterman's knot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watermain (page history and authors); water main (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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