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main line

noun

Meaning

  1. The principal route or line of a railway.
  2. In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
  3. A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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