Mainstay

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A chief support: Agriculture is a mainstay of the economy.
  • n. Nautical A strong rope that serves to steady and support the mainmast of a sailing vessel.
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  • n. A chief support.
  • n. A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.
  • n. Main support; principal dependence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The rope which secures the head of the mainmast of a vessel forward.
  • n. 2. Chief support; main dependence: as, their mainstay is fishing.
  • n. plural All the stays which give support to the main lower mast, maintopmast, and maintopgallantmast.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a prominent supporter
  • n. a central cohesive source of support and stability
  • n. the forestay that braces the mainmast
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    champion    supporter    admirer    booster    protagonist    friend    support    forestay   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    support   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    death knell    description    forestay    spritsail   
     
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