How to pronounce “mainline”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Normal, principal or standard.
• (rail transport) Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
• (rail transport) Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
• (chess) Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").
• [Verb]
• (slang) To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
• (by extension, informal, transitive) To consume voraciously.
• (computing, transitive) To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.
• (transitive) To include (a prisoner) in the general population of a prison.
• [Noun]
• (aviation) An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
• (rail transport) The principal route or line of a railway.
• (fishing) In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
• (plumbing) The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.
• (slang) A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.
• (computing) The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.
• (chess) Alternative form of main line.
• The general population of a prison.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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