Meanings
nounwater main (plural water mains)
plural water mains
- 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
Translations
Bulgarian главен водопровод
- главен водопровод (glaven vodoprovod)principal underground pipe for municipal water delivery
Finnish vedenjakelun runkojohto
- vedenjakelun runkojohtoprincipal underground pipe for municipal water delivery
French tuyau
- tuyauprincipal underground pipe for municipal water delivery
German Wasserhauptversorgungsleitung, Wasserversorgungshauptleitung
- Wasserhauptversorgungsleitungprincipal underground pipe for municipal water delivery
- Wasserversorgungshauptleitungprincipal underground pipe for municipal water delivery
Irish príomhphíobán uisce
- príomhphíobán uisceprincipal underground pipe for municipal water delivery
Polish magistrala wodna
- magistrala wodnaprincipal underground pipe for municipal water delivery
Cite this entry
APA
water main. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20main
MLA
“water main.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20main. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water main,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20main.
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