water main

noun

: a pipe or conduit for conveying water

Examples of water main in a Sentence

The water main burst and flooded the street.
Recent Examples on the Web The water main break also forced rapper Megan Thee Stallion to move her concert from Friday to Sunday. CBS News, 1 June 2024 The torrent severed a water main and cut off drinking water to Asheville residents. Craig E. Colten, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2024 Any operations to move the ship will also have to consider a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. pipeline, which has been purged of gas, that is beneath the riverbed, along with an old water main nearby. Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024 Woodbury residents are invited to an open house on Wednesday to learn more about the largest infrastructure project in the city’s history: the construction of a new $400 million water treatment plant to permanently treat PFAS contamination and the installation of 17 new miles of water main pipe. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for water main 

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Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water main was in 1776

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“Water main.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20main. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

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