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Definizione di mainstay

Frequenza

mainstay

(meɪnsteɪ )
parola: plural mainstays
sostantivo numerabile
If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it.
Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet.
This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
Sinonimi: pillar, backbone, bulwark, prop   Ulteriori sinonimi di mainstay
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Frequenza

mainstay in American

(ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ ; mānˈstāˌ)
sostantivo
1. 
a stay, or line, extending forward from the mainmast, supporting it and holding it in position
2. 
a chief support
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Frequenza

mainstay in British

(ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ )
sostantivo
1. nautical
the forestay that braces the mainmast
2. 
a chief support
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He is a fantastic footballer and a mainstay in our team. The Sun (2015)They are now in their forties and the mainstay of the economy. Times, Sunday Times (2009)Drug treatment The mainstay of treatment for high blood pressure is drug treatment. Petch, Dr Michael BMA Family Doctor Guide - Heart Disease (1989)The war forced only a temporary halt to tourism, which has remained a mainstay of the economy. Times, Sunday Times (2015)Yet people like things just as they were in these parts, where farming has been the mainstay of the economy for many generations. Times, Sunday Times (2013)Overnight, tourism came to be the mainstay of the economy, overtaking sugar and tobacco. Carlos Acosta No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007)The 33-year-old former England midfield player has been a mainstay of the team and is eager to play on for another season. Times, Sunday Times (2008)

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Traduzioni di mainstay

Inglese britannico: mainstay NOUN
If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it.
Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet.
  • Inglese americano: mainstay
  • Portoghese brasiliano: esteio
  • Cinese: 基本
  • Spagnolo europeo: pilar
  • Francese: pilier
  • Tedesco: Hauptbestandteil
  • Italiano: sostegno principale
  • Giapponese: 基本
  • Coreano: 중심
  • Portoghese Europeo: esteio
  • Spagnolo: pilar

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Parole prossime a mainstay

  • mainsail
  • mainsheet
  • mainspring
  • mainstay
  • mainstream
  • mainstream audience
  • mainstream corporation tax

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