bait and switch | a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product |
switch switching shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
switch | a basketball maneuver, two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other |
surprise attack coup de main | an attack without warning |
DIP switch dual inline package switch | (computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware, used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user |
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 |
ignition switch | switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter |
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 |
selector selector switch | a switch that is used to select among alternatives |
sewer main sewer line | a main in a sewage system |
switch | a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment |
switch electric switch electrical switch | control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
switch | railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections, used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock |
switch | hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair, used by women to give shape to a coiffure |
switch engine donkey engine | a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard |
three-way switch three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
toggle switch toggle on-off switch on off switch | a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions |
water main | main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water |
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 |
substitution permutation transposition replacement switch | an event in which one thing is substituted for another, the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood |
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 |
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 |
switch-hitter | a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed |
switch-hitter | slang term for a bisexual person |
switch grass Panicum virgatum | grass of western America used for hay |
small cane switch cane Arundinaria tecta | small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States |
dog laurel dog hobble switch-ivy Leucothoe fontanesiana Leucothoe editorum | fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers |
interchange tack switch alternate flip flip-flop | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) |
switch over switch exchange | change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence |
switch change over shift | make a shift in or exchange of, First Joe led, then we switched |
switch shift change | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another, switch to a different brand of beer, She switched psychiatrists, The car changed lanes |