surprise attack coup de main | an attack without warning |
electric main | a main that distributes electricity |
gas main | a main that distributes gas |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
highway main road | a major road for any form of motor transport |
main | a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage |
main course | a square mainsail |
main deck second deck | the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel |
main drag | the main street of a town or city |
main line | the principal route of a transportation system |
main rotor | rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a singleotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air |
main street high street | street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town |
main-topmast | the topmast next above the mainmast |
main-topsail | a topsail set on the mainmast |
main yard | yard for a square mainsail |
riser riser pipe riser pipeline riser main | a vertical pipe in a building |
sewer main sewer line | a main in a sewage system |
water main | main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water |
focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system, in focus, out of focus |
focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea, the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion |
focus focusing focussing focal point direction centering | the concentration of attention or energy on something, the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology, he had no direction in his life |
citation form main entry word entry word | the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary |
main clause independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
master file main file | (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent |
entree main course | the principal dish of a meal |
main diagonal principal diagonal | the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry |
focus | a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section |
Main Street | any small town (or the people who inhabit it), generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis), Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician |
Frankfurt on the Main Frankfurt Frankfort | a German city, an industrial and commercial and financial center |
main briny | any very large body of (salt) water |
focus focal point | a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges |
focus focal point nidus | a central point or locus of an infection in an organism, the focus of infection |
stress focus | special emphasis attached to something, the stress was more on accuracy than on speed |
focus focalize focalise sharpen | put (an image) into focus, Please focus the image, we cannot enjoy the movie |
focus focalize focalise | become focussed or come into focus, The light focused |
concentrate focus center centre pore rivet | direct one's attention on something, Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies |
concenter concentre focalize focalise focus | bring into focus or alignment, to converge or cause to converge, of ideas or emotions |
focus | cause to converge on or toward a central point, Focus the light on this image |
focus on center on revolve around revolve about concentrate on center | center upon, Her entire attention centered on her children, Our day revolved around our work |
independent main(a) | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence, the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb |
chief(a) main(a) primary(a) principal(a) master(a) | most important element, the chief aim of living, the main doors were of solid glass, the principal rivers of America, the principal example, policemen were primary targets, the master bedroom, a master switch |
main(a) | of force, of the greatest possible intensity, by main strength |
generally in general in the main | without distinction of one from others, he is interested in snakes in general |
chiefly principally primarily mainly in the main | for the most part, he is mainly interested in butterflies |